This week’s Torah portion is a continuation of the speech that Moses gives to Israelites as they prepare to enter into the Land of Israel on their own. Warning that Continue Reading »
If I am being 100% honest, I had a hard time writing this d’var torah. Eikev, our Torah portion this week, is a bit of tough. Like many other Torah Continue Reading »
Dear friends, Shabbat shalom. It’s been a week! Don’t you sometimes feel like life takes us on a rollercoaster ride? This week has been true to that form. With the Continue Reading »
How has your summer been so far? I hope it’s been a good one, no matter where you’ve been. But, for many of us, the response to this question is Continue Reading »
June at TRS is chock-full of joyful Shabbat experiences. We started the month, as we do every year, with Hot Shabbat, and a fabulous (if sticky!) night under the tall Continue Reading »
In Parashat B’haalot’cha, we find the Israelites still wandering in the wilderness. They are in the liminal space between slavery and freedom- having escaped Egypt, but still far from the Continue Reading »
As we prepare for the arrival of Shavuot, on Thursday evening, I find myself thinking about what it means to stand at Sinai together. According to our tradition, Shavuot is Continue Reading »
Each spring, between the excitement of Passover and the joy of Shavuot, is a unique Jewish practice that asks something of us in a special way. It’s not a celebration, Continue Reading »
In this week’s Torah portion, T’tzaveh, we are given what has become a core idea in Jewish life- the ner tamid, or the eternal light. In Judaism, we have so Continue Reading »
This week’s Torah portion is the second in the Book of Exodus. In Parashat Va’era God tells Moses that the time has come to free the Israelites from Egyptian bondage. Continue Reading »
