Wrestling with AIDS
Parshat Vayishlach/World AIDS DAY Genesis 32:3-36:43 This week on Shabbat we will observe World AIDS Day. We recall so many of our friends and lovers… Read More »Wrestling with AIDS
Parshat Vayishlach/World AIDS DAY Genesis 32:3-36:43 This week on Shabbat we will observe World AIDS Day. We recall so many of our friends and lovers… Read More »Wrestling with AIDS
Parshat Vayetze Genesis 28:10–32:3 Jacob is on the run. He is on the run from his brother Esau who is upset with him because he… Read More »How do we feel God’s Presence?
Parshat Vayeshev Genesis 37:1 – 44:17 Did you ever have a dream that later came true? Dreams are an important part of our psychological make-up. … Read More »Dreams do Come True
Parshat Vayishlach Genesis 32:4–36:43 The “Holiday” Season is upon us. There are lots of gatherings of co-workers, friends and families. Some of these gatherings will… Read More »Reunion time
Parshat Vayetze Genesis 28:10-32:3 In this week’s Torah portion our Patriarch Jacob learns the lesson of hard work. He learns the lesson of what it… Read More »Working for something-Vayetze
Parshat Toledot Genesis 25:19-28:9 This week’s Torah portion is Toledot. Toledot means generations. It focuses on the life of Isaac and on the birth… Read More »Toledot and Thanksgiving
Parshat Vayehi Genesis 47:28-50:26 We come to the end of the book of Genesis this week. These final chapters are also the final chapters in… Read More »The blessing of hope
Friday night I had the wonderful honor of installing Rabbi Ari Margolis as the assistant rabbi of Temple Beth Or in Raleigh, N.C. Below… Read More »Be The Light
Parshat Vayishlach Genesis 32:4 -36:43 In this week’s Torah portion, Vayishlach, our patriarch Jacob is finally returning to the land of his father Isaac, the… Read More »Struggle, Reconciliation and Hope
Parshat Vayetze Genesis 28:10-32:3 “What goes around comes around.” It is a phrase we all have heard. This week our patriarch Jacob has this experience.… Read More »What Goes Around….Vayetze