The Holiness in Protecting Ourselves and Each Other: Rabbi Jill Maderer
The Holiness in Protecting Ourselves and Each Other Perhaps you’ve heard the story of the man who lives by the river. He hears a radio report that a storm […]
The Holiness in Protecting Ourselves and Each Other Perhaps you’ve heard the story of the man who lives by the river. He hears a radio report that a storm […]
Dear Rodeph Shalom Congregants, It is our great pleasure to announce that Cantor Bradley Hyman will be joining Congregation Rodeph Shalom as our permanent cantor on July 1, 2021. […]
Statement for Black Lives from Rodeph Shalom Board of Directors and Rodeph Shalom Clergy Dear Congregants, Our Talmud inspires us with this teaching: “God creates a single person first, for […]
Who here still has one of these? [middah bracelet] Last year, in conjunction with my Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon, we gave out these middot bracelets. Middot are the character virtues […]
Who shall live and who shall die? Who will be tranquil and who will be troubled? Life’s profound uncertainty is embedded in our ancient High Holy Day words. The Unetaneh […]
A Berkman Mercaz Limud class was studying the Akeidah, or “Binding of Isaac,” one of the traditional Torah readings for Rosh Hashanah morning. In the story God commands Abraham to sacrifice […]
There is a new four-letter word in my household — plan. In these past months, we have essentially banned the word plan. We have hopes, we have scenarios, but when […]
A Commentary on Gen. 22:1-19 by Carl Schneider The Bible tells us Abe and Ike To Mount Moriah took a hike, To do the sacrificial bit. Who was the victim? […]
From Psalm 11 – a Sukkot Prayer for Breaking Bread on Broad Families Inspired by Rabbi Eli Freedman’s Sukkot sermon for 2020 There is a catastrophe happening. The foundations […]
Delivered by Rabbi Jill Maderer on Friday, July 31. Eicha—how could this be. These are the first words of the Book of Lamentations, the biblical book read this past week […]