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Weekly D'rash and Parsha Shelach
Strength and power are attributes of tyrants and heroes. They can be used to destroy and to deliver. This week the Torah portion is about...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
Jun 1, 20213 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Beha'alotcha
Each week, the liturgy of our Shabbat morning service is a dramatization of the covenant at Sinai. We are reminded of our calling, the...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
May 25, 20213 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Nasso
This week's Torah portion continues the theme from last week of getting prepared for the wilderness journey. The overall theme is that...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
May 19, 20212 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Bamidbar
This week our Torah portion begins the Book of Numbers. The Hebrew name is Bamidbar which means "In the Wilderness". It is the story of...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
May 12, 20213 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Behar-Bechukotai
This week's d’rash is written in memory of Betty Smith who has reached the goal of walking in the presence of the Lord. Our d’rash this...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
May 4, 20212 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Emor
This week’s D’rash is written in honor of Claire Schultz on the occasion of her upcoming Bat Avraham This week, our Torah portion...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
Apr 28, 20213 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Acharei mot-kedoshim
This week's D’rash is written in honor of Eliana Gerstein on the occasion of her upcoming Bat Mitzvah. The Torah portion for this week...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
Apr 21, 20212 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Tazria Metzora
This week's Torah portion is one that seems far removed from our world today. In fact, most of this portion troubles our sensibilities....

Rabbi Howard Silverman
Apr 14, 20213 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Shemini
This week our Torah portion is about the installation of the priesthood and the seriousness of walking in holiness before God. It is...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
Apr 7, 20213 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Tzav HaGadol
This Shabbat is called Shabbat HaGadol or the Great Shabbat. It has great importance because it is the shabbat right before Passover....

Rabbi Howard Silverman
Mar 23, 20213 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Vayikra
This week our Torah portion is the beginning of the Book of Leviticus. The Tabernacle is completed, and the Glory of the Lord has filled...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
Mar 18, 20212 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Ki Tisa
This week our Torah portion describes the sin of the golden calf and its aftermath. It is a key passage in the Torah because it tells us...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
Mar 3, 20214 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Tetzaveh
The Torah portion for this week continues the description of the instructions for building the Mishkan or Tabernacle. At the end of...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
Feb 24, 20212 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Tetzaveh Zachor
This week our Torah portion describes the instructions for building the Tabernacle. In Exodus 25:8 we read, “Let them construct a...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
Feb 18, 20212 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Mishpatim Sheqalim
This week our Torah portion describes the way of life that God gave to Israel. The laws reflect the character of God. They describe an...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
Feb 13, 20212 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Yitro
This week the Torah portion describes the people of Israel meeting with God and receiving the Ten Commandments. However, it begins with...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
Feb 4, 20212 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Beshalach
The Guest D'rash and the Scriptures that we will be reading this Shabbat for Beshalach from Rabbi Michael Hillel: TORAH ~ Exodus...
Rabbi Michael Hillel
Jan 30, 202123 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Bo
The Weekly D'rash and the Scriptures that we will be reading this Shabbat for Bo from Rabbi Howard Silverman: TORAH ~ Exodus 10:1-13:16...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
Jan 23, 202118 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Va'era
The Weekly D'rash and the Scriptures that we will be reading this Shabbat for Va'era from Rabbi Howard Silverman: TORAH ~ Exodus...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
Jan 16, 202120 min read


Weekly D'rash and Parsha Shemot
The Weekly D'rash and the Scriptures that we will be reading this Shabbat for Shemot from Rabbi Howard Silverman: TORAH ~ Exodus 1:1-6:1...

Rabbi Howard Silverman
Jan 6, 202119 min read
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