Watch a special Torah study from Shabbat, Saturday, December 13. This week we will learn about dreams, Joseph, his brothers, and the moment they sell him. It is the most dramatic and painful episode between human beings in the entire Bible, and in many ways, one that we are still trying to heal from its [...]
Watch the recording of a special Torah study, from Shabbat, Saturday, December 06. We will learn about angels. What is the place of angels in our life? Jacob fights the angel and receives the name Israel. What does it mean to be Israel? As the children of Israel, are we required to live differently? Rabbi [...]
Join Rabbi Gadi, Saturday, November 29, at NOON ET for a special Torah study on Zoom. We will learn about Jacob returning to his land after 20 years in the diaspora - being vulnerable at his uncle Laben's house. But "those who sow in tears reap with joy." He is elevated from Jacob to Israel. [...]
Join Rabbi Gadi in his hometown of Rehoboth, Israel -- the topic of this week's Parasha. One of the most powerful teachings of the Torah. Saturday, November 22, at NOON ET for a special Torah study on Zoom. We will learn about the story of “Rehoboth” and its place as a harbinger of the Third [...]
Parashat Chayei Sarah teaching by Rabbi Gadi Capela
Parashat Chayei Sarah teaching by Rabbi Gadi Capela
With the freeing of the hostages and the ceasefire in Israel, the prayer for peace has been realized. Our rabbis teach that redeeming the hostages is one of the most important mitzvot—commandments. It is similar to redeeming the Israelites from Egypt. A prisoner cannot free himself from a cell; he is, in essence, in the category [...]
In the reflective spirit that follows our national celebration of independence on the Fourth of July, we are invited not just to look back — but to look deeper. The fireworks may have faded, but the question remains: What is freedom? And how do we live it? Both the Bible and the American story are [...]
Just last Thursday, on June 13, the date that echoes the 613 commandments of our tradition, I reached out to you in the wake of Israel’s preemptive operation in Iran. We were all feeling the weight of uncertainty and concern for our homeland and for the Jewish people everywhere. What is emerging now is nothing [...]
With the selection of Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost, and in light of the film “Conclave,” which I happened to watch by chance on a flight back from Florida, I’ve been reflecting on the difference between perception and reality in religious institutions. The film was hard to watch. According to friends in the clergy, [...]
