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“All real living is meeting” -Martin Buber Nisan 21, 5776 On this final Shabbat of Pesach and on my final Shabbat in here in Poland, I would like to offer a few thoughts about the meaning of community and about how we can look ahead in our personal and communal journeys. In his book I […]

April 15th, 2016/7 Nisan 5776 In our Torah portion last week we read the description of people who have the mysterious skin rash tzara’at, and learned what the priest should do to diagnose and care for those who are infected. This week, we move from skin rashes to the even more mysterious house rashes: “When you […]

12 lutego 2016/3 adar I 5776 WITH PARASHAT T’RUMAH WE ENTER INTO THE MISHKAN (TABERNACLE), THE PORTABLE TEMPLE THAT STOOD AS THE HEART OF THE ISRAELITE CAMP DURING THE YEARS OF WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS. IT ALSO SERVED THE ISRAELITES AS A TEMPORARY TEMPLE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL UNTIL KING SOLOMON BUILT THE BEIT HA-MIKDASH […]

October 9th, 2015/26 Tishrei 5776 In the beginning, there were only words. From the primordial darkness, the words of creation echoed through the universe, and brought with them separation. Separation of light from darkness, earth from sky, good from evil. One side always opposite the other. But along with this separation, this separateness, relationship and […]

Seeing the world through the eyes of others can open up an entirely new way of understanding not only different viewpoints, but can also deeply open up our own inner conversations and choices.  As is often repeated this time of year, Rosh Hashanah and the Days of Awe are times when we are reminded of […]