Parashat Ki Tisa Saturday, March 7, 2026, Zoom at Noon Many times, in life, just as we are engaged in the holiest work, we encounter pushback from the opposite side — a negative force that seeks to resist it. This is not random or accidental. It is built into both the physical and spiritual worlds: action and [...]
Rabbi Gadi and Father Roy explore the Book of Exodus - How to bring the Ten Commandments down to earth Sunday, February 22, 2025
Shabbat, February 21, 2026 - Parashat Terumah—Building the House of God on earth. How do we build a heavenly footstool for God on earth? Last Shabbat, we explored the foundations of justice—the courts and ethical systems that God commands us to establish so that He can dwell among us. Justice creates the conditions for God’s [...]
Shabbat, February 14, 2026 - Parashat Mishpatim—Forming the Justice System. After receiving the Ten Commandments from God at Mount Sinai, Moses descended from the mountain—carrying the tablets from the place where Heaven and Earth met, if only for a moment. Revelation did not remain at the summit. It was brought down into human life. Now [...]
Shabbat Yitro- Ten Commandments Watch the teaching for Shabbat, Parashat Yitro—often considered the most important Parasha in the Torah—where we receive the Ten Commandments—AKA “The Law”, the foundation of law itself. We will reflect on how at Sinai, a group of former slaves becomes a people bound not by force, but by—engraved principles—covenant, responsibility, and [...]
A special Shabbat of Song – Crossing the Sea, the Birth of a Nation Saturday, January 31 (6 Shevat) This Shabbat, as we read Parashat Beshalach, we encounter more miracles at the Sea of Reeds than in Egypt itself. This is the decisive moment of belief—the narrow place between the rock and the hard place—when [...]
Pharaoh, Power, and the Roots of Antisemitism Watch a conversation exploring the biblical Pharaoh and the enduring patterns of antisemitism in the modern world. Saturday, January 24, (6 Shevat) at NOON ET on Zoom This Shabbat, as we read Parashat Bo, we reach the culmination of the Ten Plagues and the final confrontation between Pharaoh [...]
Join Rabbi Gadi and Father Roy as we explore the Book of Exodus - How to bring the Ten Commandments down to earth. Session was recorded on January 18, 2026
Join me this Shabbat Parashat Va’era, which recounts the first seven of the ten plagues in Egypt. The question is often asked: why ten plagues instead of one? One traditional answer is that justice unfolds through a process, through persistence and repeated steps. When the Torah teaches, “Justice, justice, shall you pursue,” the repetition reminds [...]
Watch the presentation of the monthly study series on the Book of Exodus, an interfaith exploration into the mechanism of freedom by Father Roy Tvrdik (in person) and Rabbi Gadi Capela (live from Israel via Zoom). Join us on Sunday, November 23, 2025 1:30 - 3 PM ET at St. Mark RC Church 105 Randall Rd., [...]
