Why does Torah teach: you shall put the words of Torah on your heart?  Why not, in your heart?  Because, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz teaches: each of us, at some time, […]

There’s always a spiritual meaning!  “Appoint yourselves judges and officers in your gates” teaches the Torah in last week’s Shoftim.  Typically understood as the establishment of a judicial system, Hasidic […]

  A sage is a passenger on a horse and wagon.  As they pass a farm, the driver sees some hay.  He stops his horse, looks around carefully to make […]

On this first Shabbat of Elul, we ask: What does your day look like, what does today look like, when you are living in the tent of the Eternal?  Daily […]

    Late one night, in the city of Chelm, known to be populated by fools, Shmuel happened upon his friend Avrum. Avrum was down on his hands and knees, underneath […]

Isn’t it true that this is real and we are completely unprepared* for the soulful reflection of the High Holy Days!  The Hebrew month of Elul began on sundown Tuesday, […]

Please join us for Jewish Meditation before Shabbat services on Friday evenings, starting August 9, 5-5:30pm (you are welcome to arrive 4:45 to settle in; please be sure to arrive […]

Is God present in our obstacles?  Do hindrances lead us to liberation, growth and insight?  Now in the middle of the Omer, the countdown–or count up–to our Shavuot celebration of […]

What is Jewish Spirituality?  A recent conversation with a few congregants helped to shine a light on the spiritual quest many in our community are pursuing.  Some of you have […]

What can Judaism offer to the spiritual journey in recovery?  The more I learn about Judaism and the more a learn about recovery, the clearer the answer becomes.  Jewish wisdom […]