This week the Torah portion describes the people of Israel meeting with God and receiving the Ten Commandments.

This week our Torah portion describes the miracle of the parting of the Red Sea and follows the children of Israel to Mt. Sinai.

Grandchildren are great! I am blessed with five granddaughters and one grandson. When I think about them, I wonder what they will be like wh

This week concludes the story of Joseph and his brothers as well as the book of Genesis. In Genesis, we are reminded that God has preserved

We like to say that we are part of something bigger than ourselves. Our Torah portion for this week demonstrates this in the life of Joseph.

This week, most people are celebrating Hanukkah and/or Christmas. Both holidays have evolved over time with a variety of cultural traditions

All of us come from somewhere. Even if the circumstances of our birth were not ideal, or we do not know our birth Mom and/or Dad, or our

There are several themes that bind the Torah together like a thread through the text. Holiness and covenant relationship are two such themes

We are ending this holiday season with a big finish! Yesterday was Hoshana Rabba (the 7th day).

What a tragic and challenging year! We might be very much tempted to say “good riddance” to this last year, 5784.

As we continue our journey through the Fall Holy Days, we are in the midst of the Ten Days of Awe between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur.

The High Holy Days are upon us and it is the time to pause and reflect on the past year and move forward into 5785.

As the month of Elul arrives, life begins to change.

The beginning of this week's Torah portion is the end of a long section of Deuteronomy (CH 4–11) in which Moses exhorts the Jewish people to

As we journey toward the High Holy Days, many of us find ourselves challenged with the desire to be closer to the Lord.

In our Torah portion for this week, Moses gives a series of exhortations to the people to obey the voice of the Lord.

This week's Torah portion brings us to the end of Bamidbar, the Book of Numbers.

In Jewish tradition, the combination of raisins and almonds symbolizes hope, prosperity, happiness, and fertility.

As the book of Leviticus begins to wind down, we read a series of statements about the blessings of obedience and the curses or...

We are more than a week into the counting of the Omer. Our thoughts are still on the Passover season, and we are now thinking about Shavuot.