Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah October 30, 2025 8 Cheshvan 5786 Parashat Lech Lecha Warren Buffet is well known for being a contrarian investor. His famous advice is, “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.” Needless to say, he’s done pretty well with that strategy of not just following the crowd. In this week’s Torah portion, we are introduced to another well-known contrarian—our patriarch Abraham. When everyone else was worshiping idols, h

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah October 23, 2025 3 Cheshvan 5786 Parashat Noach So, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas seems to be holding. It’s not exactly peace, but it’s not war either. It reminds me of the end of the Great Flood about which we read in this week’s Torah portion. After 150 days on the Ark, God took note of Noah and all the creatures with him. And then the Torah tells us that “the waters subsided (Gen. 8:1).” The earth was still covered in water, ever

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah October 16, 2025 24 Tishri 5786 Bereshit I downloaded a new book to my iPad about two weeks ago, but I haven’t read a single word yet. I have two pretty good explanations for why that is. First of all, I have been greatly distracted by the events in Israel leading up to the ceasefire and the release of the last living hostages. Second, there have been a few Jewish holidays recently that have kept me pretty busy. But the truth is that I have

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah October 9, 2025 17 Tishri 5786 Intermediate Day There’s a beautiful tradition of welcoming special...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah September 25, 2025 5 Tishri 5786 Shabbat Shuvah Parashat Vayeilech It was great to be together with so...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah September 18, 2025 25 Elul 5785 Parashat Nitzavim I have to admit that I didn’t watch the Emmys, but...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah September 11, 2025 18 Elul 5785 Selichot Parashat Ki Tavo Like many others, I have some very specific...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah September 4, 2025 11 Elul 5785 Parashat Ki Teitze Earlier this week, an organization called the...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah August 28, 2025 6 Elul 5785 Parashat Shoftim Happy Birthday, “Born to Run!” Bruce Springsteen’s...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah August 21, 2025 29 Av 5785 Parashat Re'eh Over the past couple of weeks, it has become clear (or at...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah August 16, 2025 22 Av 5785 Parashat Eikev Sports allegiances are a funny thing.  I haven’t lived in my...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah July 24, 2025 1 Av 5785 Parashat Matot-Masei Rosh Chodesh I am not Israeli. I was born right here in...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah July 17, 2025 21 Tamuz 5785 Parashat Pinchas No one wants to be thought of as “meh.”  While no one can...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah July 10, 2025 14 Tamuz 5785 Parashat Balak Everything old is new again. In this week’s Torah portion,...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah July 3, 2025 7 Tamuz 5785 Parashat Chukat As we get ready to celebrate the 249 th  anniversary of our...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah June 26, 2025 30 Sivan 5785 Parashat Korach Zohran Mamdani, who just won the Democratic nomination for...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah June 12, 2025 16 Sivan 5785 Parashat Beha'alotecha Maybe, it was meant to be that we were running late...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah June 05, 2025 9 Sivan 5785 Parashat Nasso In  The Princess Bride , Inigo Montoya famously told...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah May 29, 2025 2 Sivan 5785 Parashat Bamidbar Last Thursday, my family had the pleasure of attending the...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah May 15, 2025 17 Iyar 5785 Parashat Emor Every Friday morning throughout the school year, the Cantor...