Last week we celebrated with a gifted and passionate group of TRS teens as they completed their confirmation year. The strength of their connection to our community is a great Continue Reading »
Growing up attending the Episcopal school where my mother taught, I heard the same benediction in my school’s chapel every week from Kindergarten through senior year: May the Lord bless Continue Reading »
Parshat Emor contains, among other things, instructions specific to the priests. One of the lasting images in this portion is of several lamps that sat inside the Tabernacle, just outside Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, It’s been a rollercoaster ride for most of our members who work in the federal government or are contractors. These last 100+ days have been trying, to say Continue Reading »
Parshat Sh’mini signifies very beginning of Jewish practice. The Tabernacle is finished and ready for its first ceremony. As part of their ordination, the priests have been confined to the Continue Reading »
This is crazy: I became a Bar Mitzvah 50 years ago, reading this week’s Parsha: Vayikra, the beginning of the Book of Leviticus. I can’t even fathom that amount of Continue Reading »
P’kudei is the last Torah portion in the book of Exodus. It speaks about the accounting system for the tabernacle, the Israelites sacred space they carried and used during the Continue Reading »
If you’ve ever been at a traditional prayer service where the making of a minyan was touch-and-go, you might have witnessed a lay leader pointing a finger at the attendees Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, There is a special name for this Shabbat, the Shabbat prior to the holiday of Purim. It’s called Shabbat Zachor: the “Sabbath to Remember!” I put an exclamation Continue Reading »
“God spoke to Moses, saying: Tell the Israelite people to bring Me gifts; you shall accept gifts for Me from every person whose heart is so moved” (Exodus 25:1-2). In Continue Reading »
