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Parshat Lech-Lecha 5785

We make assumptions about others based on what we see: what they wear, what they drive, their work, past-times… And we project upon the other who passes our superficial entrance exam what we want them to be — i.e., more like us!

Yom Kippur Singing

My recent posts...Over the decades, I have composed melodies for some of the texts we use in our prayer services. (I've written English interpretations of the texts for a few of them.) Some of them are posted here so we can sing them together at Shirat Hayam and, even...

Trauma and Recovery

Dec 4, 2023 | A Rabbi Writes

Trauma and Recovery

The eerie juxtaposition of Torah and our times. Dina, daughter of Yaakov, is taken by force and confined, to be freed only after blood is shed.

Shabbat shalom! שבת שלום