Divrei 5779

Ki Tetse — Dad’s 1st Yartzheit By Meyer Shwarzstein, September 14, 2019, 14 Elul 5779 You see, the thing is…my father often like to start conversations that way. You see, the

Parshat Eikev By Larry Herman, August 24, 2019 Are we Listening? Shabbat Shalom. Diane and I just returned from a family cruise to Alaska to celebrate my mother-in-law’s 90th birthday. It

Parshat Mishpatim (5779) Larry Herman Davar Torah, February 2, 2019 God is in the Details Shabbat Shalom. And he who kidnaps a man and sells him, or he is found

Parshat Kedoshim By Larry Herman, May 6, 2017 Holiness and Community Shabbat Shalom. קְדשִׁים תִּֽהְיוּ כִּי קָדוֹשׁ אֲנִי יְהוָֹה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶֽם: This is the introduction to Parshat Kedoshim, when God instructs

Parshat Shoftim By Diane Roosth, Saturday, September 7, 2019 This Parsha speaks to me not just as the anniversary Torah Portion of my Bat Mitzvah, but as one with relevant

Parashat Va’etchanan By Rabbi Jim Rogozen We’ve all had the experience of mishearing song lyrics. A classic is Elton John’s “Hold me closer Tony Danza.”  Or we hear things correctly,

Korach 5779 By Abraham Havivi Korach—a gripping story: “Now Korah, son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi, betook himself, along with Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and

Shavout: The Ten Commandments By Rabbi Susan Laemmle I begin by asking three questions — please hold them in your mind: (1) How often do we read or chant Aseret

Parashat Tzav By Rabbi Jim Rogozen Imagine Richard Dreyfuss’s voice in the background as pictures of famous people appear on the television screen… “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits.

Parashat VaYigash By Rabbi Jim Rogozen – December 15, 2018 Good morning! When the Eagles reunited for a concert tour in 1994, Glenn Frey remarked, “For the record, we never broke