Devarim (Words)
D’var Torah 2-6-21: Yitro – Daniel Berlin
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,…
Read More D’var Torah 1-23-21: Bo – Rabbi Devorah Jacobson
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…
Read More D’var Torah 7/25/20: Devarim – Krista Harper
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…
Read More Divrei Torah 5/30/20: Adult B’nai Mitzvah
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…
Read More D’var Torah 12/14/19: Vayishlakh – Rabbi Deborah Waxman
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…
Read More Yom Kippur 5780/2019: The Dangerous Sanctuary – RBW
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…
Read More Kol Nidre 5780/2019: The Slippers of Abu Kassem – RBW
For my friend Jane, Hannah bat Shlomo, of blessed memory. A few months later, I found, in the cup holder of my car, one of the cheap blue surgical masks…
Read More Rosh Hashanah 5780/2019: Akedah – Hazzan Diana Brewer
Shanah Tovah! It is with great gratitude that I stand here in this spot today. As I read today’s Torah reading, wondering what might inspire me for this task, I…
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