Lawrence A. Englander

The Perils of Stubbornness

D'Var Torah By: Lawrence A. Englander

FOCAL POINT Pharaoh’s courtiers said to him, “How long shall this one be a snare to us? Let the men go to worship Adonai their God!

Two Ways of Meeting God

D'Var Torah By: Lawrence A. Englander

The parchment inside the mezuzah contains two names of God. On the outside of the scroll is the name Shaddai, often translated as "God Almighty." Inside the parchment, the first line of the Shema bears the sacred name YHVH, which we read as Adonai.