Shabbat Parashat Balak The Blessing of Connection June 30, 2018 – 17 Tammuz 5778 Dear Friends, Are we, Jews, destined to be an isolated people? Balaam, the non-Jewish Prophet, set out to curse our people but ended up blessing us with the famous words “Mah Tovu…” [How goodly are your tents, Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat Chukkat Spiritual Focus for a Better Future June 23, 2018 – 10 Tammuz 5778 Dear Friends, How is it possible for someone who is actively performing a mitzvah to lose spiritual focus as a direct result of performing that mitzvah? Or, to put it another way: Why might someone who is doing a Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat Korach First Bar Mitzvah in Our New Temple! June 16, 2018 – 3 Tammuz 5778 Happy Father’s Day Weekend! Dear Friends, What a joy to be celebrating our first congregational bar mitzvah in our new Temple! I hope you will join us at services this Friday night and Shabbat morning as we Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat Shelach Lekha Shabbat Mevarekhim HaChodesh Past, Present and Future! June 9, 2018 – 26 Sivan 5778 Dear Friends, Tidbits of Torah is back! We are in the new building of Rodef Sholom Temple…almost set up…still working on getting re-organized…still working on completing various parts of our Temple…still in awe of Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat Bemidbar and Shavuot (Sunday and Monday) Wilderness Training May 19, 2018 – 5 Sivan 5778 Dear Friends, I confess that I have never done any wilderness training. Nevertheless, the concept of wilderness training is fascinating. This morning I did a cursory internet search for “wilderness training.” My internet search turned Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat B’har-B’chukotai Shabbat Mevarekhim HaChodesh Proclaim Liberty in the Land May 12, 2018 – 27 Iyyar 5778 Dear Friends, I hope you will join us this Friday night and Shabbat morning as we celebrate the bar mitzvah of Zach Weiser. Mazal Tov to Zach and to his entire family! Our weekly Torah portion contains Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat Emor One Day at a Time… May 5, 2018 – 20 Iyyar 5778 Dear Friends, I hope you will join us this Friday night as we celebrate Confirmation! Our three confirmands are Reilly David, Dahvi Hochman and Jordan Phillips. Mazal Tov to our confirmands and to their families! Our Torah portion, Emor, reminds Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim Choices…. April 28, 2018 – 13 Iyyar 5778 Dear Friends, All those choices…! Last week I found myself trying to evaluate two completely different plans for healthy eating. I had read two books. Each of the books seemed equally convincing to me, as a layperson. Each seemed to have lots of Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat Tazria-Metsora It’s A New Beginning! April 21, 2018 – 6 Iyyar 5778 Dear Friends, It’s a new beginning! This week Israel celebrated her 70th birthday and we celebrated with her! Remember what life was like 70 years ago? I know…. Not all of us remember 1948. But, even if we don’t Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat Shemini Shabbat Machar Chodesh Shabbat Mevarekhim HaChodesh The Art of Living! April 14, 2018 – 29 Nisan 5778 Dear Friends, We have just experienced Passover and the special foods that accompany its celebration. We did our best to relate the Passover story to our communal and individual lives today. Then, we moved on Continue Reading »
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