February 5, 2016/26 szwat 5776 This week, a new chapter of the story of the Jewish people begins. We have made our way from the family stories of Genesis, to Moses and the escape from Egypt. The Jewish people begin their years of wandering through the desert, they have crossed the Sea of Reeds, and they […]
Dvar Torah Yitro
January 29th, 2016/19 Shvat 5776 We know through the rituals and texts of our tradition that Judaism invites us to be on both an inward spiritual journey and also to keep our minds and ears open to the needs of the world around us. The path of Jewish life invites us to be constantly working on […]
Dvar Torah Beshelach
A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. Joan Walsh Anglund January 22, 2016 This week, on this special Shabbat of Shabbat Shira, we read the story of the Israelites crossing the Sea of Reeds. After the community experiences this miracle, they gather together to sing with […]
Dvar Torah Bo
“A little bit of light dispels a lot of darkness” Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Lyadi 15/1/16 When you have a chance, walk into this sanctuary, or any sanctuary when after the sun has set and the people have gone. There is a sense of peace and calm, and without the din of voices, the room is […]
Dvar Torah Va’eira
January 8th, 2016/27 Tevet 5776 I always find the timing of the weekly Torah portions so fascinating. Here in the midst of the cold of winter with snow on the ground here in Warsaw, we read Parshat Va’eira. We are transported into the desert, to the beginning of the story of the Exodus from Egypt […]
Dvar Torah Shemot
January 1, 2016 Of all the great theological questions of the Torah, one of the most profoundly simple appears in this week’s Torah portion. After being introduced to Moses and hearing the story of his birth, we find the future leader of the Jewish people wandering the fields with his sheep. It is there that […]
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