There is something that has to do with the essence of what surrounds us. Things, people, environments, have an essence that can sometimes...

One of the most well-known, although not the most established, precepts of the Torah is that of Kashrut. Parshat Shemini tells us about...

The story brings us the image of two flames that coexisted in the Mishkan: one was the Ner Tamid, the eternal and flickering flame that...

This week we begin the third book of the Torah. Vayikra means "and he called". According to the text of the Torah, it is another moment...

Shavua Tov: What Would I Have Done? (Honor Among Thieves) This was written by Rabbi Jason vanLeeuwen My entire adult life I have espoused...

“The Jews accepted and undertook, they and all of their seed and all who were joining them, without fail, to observe these two days,...

Hello, As I sit here at Temple looking out the window waiting for it to snow I think about the changes that have taken place in the last...

It is always a problem to learn to manage ourselves in situations or in places to which we are not used to. I mean the fact of adapting...

How many sections of the Torah can we continue to read that deal with the subject of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle? How can it be that they...

Where does the concept of minian come from? Of course from the Torah. Some take the fact of the merraglim, the spies sent by Moshe to...

“And you shall make garments for the holy service…and you shall dress (with these things)…Aaron…and his sons.” Shemot 28:2-4 With these...

We have a world already prepared to prolong the useful life of each person and the average life expectancy. Life expectancy is growing at...

Hello, Friends, We have come to the end of our two calendar years. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur were very early, we had to zoom again and...

I am so looking forward to the day that we can all come together as a congregation and welcome Rabbi Geier. He has worked with a few...

What defines the characteristics of the things around us? The use we give them or the guidelines that those who did each of those things...

“And these are the laws that you are to put in front of them.” Thus begins this week's parashah. After the ascent to Sinai and before the...

"Veele toldot Itzchak ben Abraham, Abraham holid et Iztchak" And these are the generations of Yitzchak, Abraham's son: Abraham begot...

When undertaking a task, responsibility, honesty and efficiency are -among others—qualities that are more than necessary to carry out it...

How does a man conquer a woman? How does a woman with the man she wants? The concept of conquering is interesting. In fact, in its...

The last plagues. The most terrible. And in a way, the best known. But I don't want to stop at the last one that is THE plague par...