This is the D’var Torah shared by Liz Macedo, co-leader of the ReNewYear service on Rosh Hashanah. The reading it’s about was also the Torah reading for last week. “Should I hide from Abraham what I am doing?” is the rhetorical question God asks in this parsha. The implication is that God has both already Continue Reading »
This is my Friday draft of a D’var Torah for Parashat Chayei Sarah 5784. One of the weekly Divrei Torah that are always worth a look comes from Rabbi Josh Feigelson, leader of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. This week Josh started by talking about the idea of the “multiverse”, which he first learned about Continue Reading »
By Ellie Schwartz, Volunteer Librarian In this blog, I’m highlighting a few of the new titles in the Levine Library at Temple Beth Abraham, describing the locations in the library of fiction and nonfiction about Israel, and explaining how you can borrow books. Please read on! New Books Simple Gimpl: The Definitive Bilingual Edition by Continue Reading »
This is the D’var Torah I plan to give tomorrow in services, October 28, 2023 for Parashat Lech L’cha, the opening of the saga of Sarah and Avraham, three weeks after the Hamas attacks of October 7 and as the war continues in Gaza. Who said the Torah had to be divided into 54 roughly Continue Reading »
It has been difficult for many of us to watch the news coming out of Israel, and feel like we can’t help since we are so far away. We have been asked about ways in which we help Israelis during this time of crisis. Below are some organizations we vetted and can recommend as sources of Continue Reading »
This is my D’var Torah for Shabbat on October 14, 2023. It’s the first Torah reading of the new cycle, Parashat Bereshit, and it’s one week since the beginning of the Hamas atrocities in Israel. Last week on Simchat Torah, as we tried our hardest to celebrate especially for our youngest kids, knowing what we Continue Reading »
On a sunny Monday morning, 10/9/23 the TBA community came together to plant Daffodil bulbs in our newly created Memorial garden. The Daffodil Project aspires to build a worldwide Living Holocaust Memorial by planting 1.5 million Daffodils in memory of the children who perished in the Holocaust and in support for children suffering in humanitarian Continue Reading »
My piece on Sukkot, science and religion at sinaiandsynapses.org! Image by Freepik
From Yom Kippur, when we put aside our material existence by fasting and spending so many hours in prayer, we move within days to Sukkot. Sukkot is by contrast a very earthy, material holiday. There is the Sukkah booth itself and the plant material that makes up its roof. There are the Arba’ah Minim, the Four Continue Reading »
Click to read the text of the sermons: Day 1 — Glimmers Day 2 — Through Regret Or watch or listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_ls7atGlUohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qamHm6VmXzo