This Week In Wisdom
What Does “Purity” Mean?
Back in rabbinical school (now over fifteen years ago), I had to spend one summer as a hospital chaplain to … Continue Reading
Silence Might Be Golden, But Shouting Goes Platinum
Birds Of Paradise, Strange Fire, And Separating The Signal From The Noise
This Passover Roundtable began in the aisles of Costco and Home Depot…
Clal’s Rabbinic Faculty share their thoughts on Passover this year.
Clawing for Legitimacy
We fight for attention. We fight for resources. But perhaps we fight most over our own sense of legitimacy – that we belong, deserve a good … Continue Reading
Building Sacred Community – Parashat Vayakhel Pekudai
Building the Mishkan as an example of building community
Wandering – Parashat Mishpatim – A Yom Limmud with Rabbi Irwin Kula
Rabbi Irwin Kula will be part of a Yom Limmud (Day of learning) in Houston this coming Shabbat, at Congregation Beth Israel in Houston. More information and registration can be found by clicking on this link: https://www.houstonjewish.org/yomlimmud/
Take the Long Way: Parashat Beshalach
In my family, we have the concept of the “Stanton shortcut.” It pertains to an unnecessarily long path that my … Continue Reading