Rabbi’s Reflections – Saturday, August 1, 2020 Shabbat Shalom, As you may recall, David Harwood has agreed to help me as a guest writer for a season. David is an emissary for Tikkun America https://loveofgodproject.org/ whose nickname is the “love pastor”...
Rabbi’s Reflections – Friday, July 31, 2020 (Early) Shabbat Shalom, “Ya’amode” is the call from the bimah. Let’s unpack that statement. The “Bimah” is what we call the stage in front of the synagogue sanctuary. (Both “Bimah” and “Synagogue” are words of Greek...
Rabbi’s Reflections – Thursday, July 30, 2020 Shalom, Today is Tisha B’Av (the 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av). If you care about Israel enough to subscribe to this daily devotional, you know why Tisha B’Av is marked as important on the Jewish calendar. ...
Rabbi’s Reflections – Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Shalom *|FNAME|*, Every day I have the blessing of sitting with God and inquiring with Him. I ask this question and then wait. “What do you have for us today, Lord? The rest is easy. I’m just writing anything He...
Rabbi’s Reflections – Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Shalom, I’m writing this on the afternoon of our first day of camp. Machane Shom’rim Tze’irim (Camp Young Watchmen) is off to a great start. I would say the best start ever. I’m personally gathering joy (in Yiddish...
