Divrei 5782

Parshat Acharei Mot By Rabbinic Resident Jacki Honig, April 2022/Nissan 5782 If Helen of Troy was the face that launched a thousand ships, this week’s parsha contains the verse that launched

Ki Tisa By Joel Stern – February 19, 2022 The D’rash is based on this 3-minute video, so please click and watch it before reading. https://youtu.be/Sq7EwryJqJI Why did I tell

Mishpatim–משפתים By Zwi Reznik, 29 January, 2022, 27 Shevat 5782 (Please see the notes at the end of this Drash) I would like to start with a bit of a

Thoughts on Shabbat Pekudeh By Tamar F. Levin, Pekudeh 2022, March 5, 2022 Chazak, Chaza! We have completed the journey through the Book of Shemot, It has been a momentous

Vayakhel By Julia Knobloch, February 26, 2022 Also in her newsletter. On Parashat Vayakhel, we often celebrate community: The contributions each individual makes to a kehilla; the collective willingness and

Beshalach By Rachel Rubin Green, January 15, 2022 After my Uncle Frank Forchheimer died in the year 2000, my parents and I cleaned out his apartment. Among a stack of

Vayechi — December 18, 2021 By Rabbinic Resident David Kaplinsky I spent this past week working my way through final exams for my third semester of rabbinical school. The week

Parshat Miketz (5782) The First Lesson in Public Administration By Larry Herman, December 4, 2021 Shabbat Shalom. Giving the drash on parshat Miketz (מִקֵּ֖ץ) when it coincides with Hanukah and

Esav Reconsidered By Michelle K Wolf, November 20, 2021 When it comes to Essau, our sages never missed a chance to disparage him, and they projected all types of evil

Vayera By Joel Elkins, October 23, 2021 The Lord appeared to Avraham at Alonei Mamre as he sat at the entrance to his tent in the mid-day heat. He looked