A Wilderness Survival Guide
Rabbi’s Sermon by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman Parashat Bamidbar, Numbers: 1:1-4:20 Bamidbar, while speaking literally of wilderness, offers us a remarkable number of rich images and ideas: The taking a census …
D’Var Torah – Parashat Acharei Mot
George Gazarek gave this d’var Torah on May 6. This weeks Torah portion comes from Leviticus chapters 16 to 18 and is named Acharei Mot (אחרי מות), two words that …
Speech for Noah’s Bar Mitzvah
by David Kanter – 14 May 2016 Noah, Mom and I are so proud of you. We’ve been so happy to guide you to this milestone – and coach you …
D’Var Torah Parashat Shemini
In last week’s Torah portion, Moses anointed Aaron and his sons as priests. He admonished them, “You shall not go outside the entrance of the Tent of Meeting for seven …
D’Var Torah – Parashat Ki Tisa – “Second Chances”
In this week’s Torah portion, we learn the damage caused by jumping to hasty conclusions. The Israelites were riding high. G-d had taken them out of slavery from Egypt, and …
D’Var Torah – Parashat Tzav
In 2013, the Pew Research Center published “A Portrait of Jewish Americans.” A key aim of the survey was to explore Jewish identity: What does being Jewish mean in America …
Women of CSS Meditative Coloring
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D’Var Torah – Parashat Beshalach
During this service, we took the familiar prayers and then listened to ones in a different voice. This book of the Torah that we are currently reading, the whole Exodus …
D’var Torah Parashat Shemot “Moses, the Reluctant Leader”
by Pat Myers With this week’s parsha, Shemot, we begin the book of Exodus, or, in Hebrew, the book Shemot, which means “names.” And the first few verses of Shemot …
Torah Commentary Parashat Bo Exodus 10:1-13:16
by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman This week’s parsha, Bo, continues the narrative of Moses and Aaron coming to Pharaoh in order to free the Israelite slaves. Pharaoh again refuses. Having refused …