by itabix | Feb 6, 2021 | Rabbi's Blog
THE VOICE/KOL AT SINAI The Hebrew word KOL (KUF-VOV-LAMED) has three meanings: voice, sound, and thunder. KOL plays a significant role at Mount Sinai. Just before Revelation there are thunder-sounds, KOLOT. There is a SHOFAR sound/KOL, that grows increasingly stronger...
by itabix | Jan 23, 2021 | Rabbi's Blog
Like the cursor on my computer screen, I want to hover for a while on the verses in this week’s Torah portion that describe that moment when the Israelites are racing to freedom. Ex. 12: 33 So the Egyptians urged the (Israelite) people on, impatient to have them leave...
by itabix | Jul 27, 2020 | Rabbi's Blog
Krista Harper on her 50th birthday: I’d like to thank the Rabbi for giving me the chance to say a few words about today’s parsha. In a few moments I will turn 50 years old, and so this parsha marks that milestone for me, and I’m grateful to my family...
by itabix | May 30, 2020 | Rabbi's Blog
DIVREI TORAH ADULT B’NAI MITZVAH Shabbat Shavuot 5780 * Krista Harper Reading Parsha Re’eh, one gets a strange sense of déjà vu, as if we have already read these passages somewhere before. As is the case with much of D’varim, almost everything mentioned...
by itabix | Jan 29, 2020 | Rabbi's Blog
Shabbat shalom. In this d’var torah, I want to talk to you about the possibility of meaning and gratitude and love in our complex and sometimes frightening world. As we reflect on the story of Jacob and his choices, and Leah her choices, I want to take muscular hold...
by itabix | Oct 17, 2019 | Rabbi's Blog
Going into my second year of rabbinical school, I was awarded a scholarship to offset my tuition, but it came with a string attached. It was endowed by a congregation in the west of the state, with the expectation that the recipient would join them over a weekend in...
