From the Rabbi

It was a beautiful winter day today in Jerusalem. We had just celebrated Eliza Garmise’s bat mitzvah at the family section of the Western Wall. [...]

Moving from confusion to order is a sign of maturity and responsibility. It is also the price of freedom. We give up our random, spontaneous, aimlessness existence [...]

With the passing of President George H. W. Bush, another chapter in American history has been signed. He was my first American president. I had [...]

Over the last weekend, I attended my good friend Angela’s wedding in Chicago. Angela married Jason, and since they are both members of Mensa, they [...]

It’s been a hustling and bustling time — from intense High Holidays observances to a season of elections, from a time of seeking forgiveness for [...]

“And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of living water. And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying: 'The [...]

Many explanations make clear why the Torah starts with the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The letter Bet has many meanings that can justify [...]

This year, Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the month of Av, was observed on Sunday, the 10th of Av, because public mourning and fasting are prohibited on Shabbat. It [...]

Earlier this year, when we were dealing with the issue of a path to citizenship for the so-called Dreamers, children brought to this country by [...]

The day before we completed the counting of the 49 days of the Omer, we escorted Arthur Levin — Aaron ben Enoch z”l — on [...]

“The days of our years is seventy years, and when in vigor, eighty years; most of them are but travail and vanity. They pass by speedily, and [...]

When we sit around the Passover table every year, we don’t normally ask ourselves whether this is the shank bone of a sheep or of [...]