Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah January 12, 2023 19 Tevet 5783 Parashat Shemot Sixty years ago almost to the day, from January 14 to...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah January 5, 2023 12 Tevet 5783 Parashat Vayechi Like many others, I was watching Monday Night Football...

If you’ve ever been in Israel on (or around) New Year’s, you’ve probably wondered why it is that so many people in Israel refer to New...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah December 22, 2022 28 Kislev 5783 Rosh Chodesh Hanukkah Parashat Miketz Just this morning, during my...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah December 15, 2022 21 Kislev 5783 Parashat Vayeshev I have to admit that I have always been a little...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah December 8, 2022 14 Kislev 5783 Parashat Just yesterday, the Houston police responded to a 911 call...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah December 1, 2022 7 Kislev 5783 Parashat Vayetzei In this week's parashah, we read of Jacob's famous...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah November 23, 2022 29 Cheshvan 5783 Parashat Toldot Happy Sigd! Some scholars believe the Jewish...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah November 17, 2022 23 Cheshvan 5783 Parashat Chaye Sarah In this week’s Torah portion, Abraham sent his...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah November 8, 2022 16 Cheshvan 5783 Parashat Lech-Lecha “Looking up, he saw three men standing near him....

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah November 3, 2022 9 Cheshvan 5783 Parashat Lech-Lecha Last week, in Michigan, after an emotional...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah October 27, 2022 2 Cheshvan 5783 Noach Four years to the day after the Tree of Life shooting—the most...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah October 20, 2022 25 Tishrei 5783 Bresheet My family LOVES the Billy Joel Channel on Sirius XM. We get...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah October 13, 2022 18 Tishrei 5783 Sukkot Kanye West’s antisemitic outburst on Twitter got a LOT of...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah October 6, 2022 11 Tishrei 5783 Parashat Ha'azinu I think the Torah itself recognized how crazy the...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah September 29, 2022 4 Tishrei 5783 Shabbat Shuvah Parashat Vayeilech In 1927, the Warner Bros. Studios...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah September 22, 2022 27 Elul 5782 Parashat Nitzavim Two years ago, for the High Holidays, the Cantor,...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah September 15, 2022 19 Elul 5782 Selichot Parashat Ki Tavo The New York Times’ front-page (above the...

Our tradition seems to have mixed feelings about monarchs. When the Israelites first approached the prophet Samuel about the possibility...

In 2004, construction workers started excavating some land in Norwich, England, where a shopping center was set to be built. They had to...