Torah Study

Simchat Torah - To Strengthen and To Become Stronger

By P.J. Schwartz

It's amazing to think that we have reached the end of another year retelling the amazing story of our Jewish people.  From B'reshit to D'varim, we have spent each week engulfed in the journey of a people who have emerged into a community

Separate, Pure, and Holy

How many times do the Ten Commandments appear in the Chumash, the Pentateuch? The obvious answer is  two: Sh'mot 20:2 and  D'varim 5:6.  But when we take apart Vayikra 19, we find our Big Ten again, buried among 18 other positive and negative, ritual and

Rosh Chodesh Kislev

Rabbi Phyllis Sommer

Cold and dark
the month of Kislev
comes in

Ending Cheshvan
ushering in the month of
festive
lights

Kislev...from kesel
...confidence...
confidence that the light
will come
confidence that the dark
will not take over

Kislev...the month of dreams
Vayetze
Vayeshev
Miketz
most of

A Love Story

Valerie Jones

I was young and inexperienced. (That should serve as an excuse if I need one). No one told me when I read Leviticus at 19-years-old that I shouldn't fall in love it. Yes, you read that correctly - Leviticus.