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 Cantor Michaeli shared in this space just last week, we are currently in the period of the Counting of the Omer, during which many Jewish people count each day 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 »
Some New Questions for Passover “How is this night different from all other nights?” This one question turns out really to be four, each about the reason for a ritual Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, Shabbat Shalom. I’m back from the first part of my sabbatical and feel recharged and re-energized for the year ahead. Thank you to our congregation for allowing the Continue Reading »
Last week we read the dramatic story of the giving of the Ten Commandments. There were thunder and fire and God’s voice booming from the mountain top. Good movies come Continue Reading »
Parshat Bo’s name is confusing. As the stage is set for the eighth plague, locusts, God calls on Moses to go (again) to Pharaoh and demand the people’s freedom. But Continue Reading »
As we have just passed the halfway point of our observance of the Passover, many of us are still feeling connected to the themes presented in the Haggadah, the ideas Continue Reading »
“In every generation, each person is obligated to see themselves as though they had come out of Egypt.” Each year, these words from the Passover Haggadah hit a little differently. Continue Reading »
