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Chim-Chim-Cherubim Our Torah portion for this week is Terumah.  Moses is asked by G-d to instruct the people to bring gifts and contributions from which a place of worship, called…

Let Holiness Suffuse our Lives There are times in our lives when the presence of G-d is almost palpable – standing at the Grand Canyon at sunrise, witnessing the arrival…

The Torah tells us that when Moses protested that he could not go before Pharaoh because he could not speak, G-d answers:   ".......See, I place you in the role of…

Recognizing the Good Done to Us by Others This week we begin the Book of Exodus in our Torah reading.  The Book of Genesis left us last week at a…

Leaving the Comfort Zone   How do we build the courage to draw upon that light we discovered in December and move forward to a new life – spiritually, socially,…

Fathers and Sons   In my little town I never meant nothin' I was just my fathers son Saving my money Dreaming of glory Twitching like a finger On the…

One Hundred Blessings A Day From where do we get the idea that a Jew should recite 100 blessings a day?  This comes from a verse in Parasha Ekev, "What…

Doing Things Backward? Last year, as we were sitting down to eat lunch after the Rosh Hashanah services, a question arose that I thought would be interesting to look at…

Opening Our Eyes   I've been thinking about how the sense of sight, the sense of seeing, plays such a prominent role in our Torah readings for Rosh Hashanah.  Let's…

Yom Kippur Morning, 5771/2010  Forgiving Others One of the major themes of these Yamim Noraim is asking for and granting forgiveness.  Why is it so difficult to ask for forgiveness? …