My recent posts...Preparing for Shabbat It took several tries this morning before we connected with Hannah in Tzfat. She’s been busy, she said, and has a meeting in a few minutes. From our first-born’s first Shabbat at home, we have been blessing our children every...

My recent posts...The links below are to my High Holiday sermons. Telescope - Rosh Hashanah 5784 (1) The Promise in this Day - Rosh Hashanah 5784 (2) Yom Kippur - Kol Nidrei Is Anything Ok? - Yom Kippur - Yizkor

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My parents’ sukka was nearly indestructible: Plywood panels, 4’x8’, on 2×4 frames, making an eight-by-twelve-foot sukka. The panels, constructed by my father, bolted together. The middle panel of the long wall had a small window, complete with a rod and curtain.

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My recent posts...Where is Torah? Hint: It's not far across the sea... Shabbat shalom ! שבת שלום

Ellie and I were going to celebrate our anniversary on August 24 by rolling up the rug, lighting a few candles, programming some music, and dancing in the living room. When a friend offered tickets for a special event, we decided to postpone the celebration.

My mahzor (pronounced mach-zor) for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur services has had a good rest. Now, after more than ten months, I get to renew a relationship with this old friend.

My recent posts...On the occasion of conferring a Hebrew name upon Sophie Bella Toll, Shabbat shelach lecha 5783. Realizing Potential Twelve spies are sent out by Moshe to reconnoiter the promised land of Canaan. They return, and ten of them report: The land is...

Long ago, there was a tradition that the community rabbi sermonized only a couple of times a year. Shabbat Hagadol, the one immediately preceding Pesach, was one occasion. Some say the rabbi would give a BIG — GADOL — sermon, spelling out the laws of preparing for and keeping Pesach. Others say NO WAY, way too much information way too late in the process. A month ago, right after Purim, maybe.

As I heard the word exit my mouth, I thought, “Oops! Bad choice…”