Our weekly Shabbat Shalom Messages are written by our senior staff: Rabbi Paul F. Cohen, Rabbi Rachel Heaps, Cantor Lianna Mendelson, Danny Glassman, and Matt Rissien. We hope you enjoy sharing in our love of Torah and Judaism through these messages.
Shabbat Tol’dot 5786
This week’s Parashat Tol'dot is full of soap-opera level drama—siblings at odds, blessings traded, a family trying its best to move forward. But in the middle of
Shabbat Chayei Sarah 5786
Beloved Friends, There is a moment in this week’s Torah portion that glows quietly, like a candle burning at dusk. It happens just
Shabbat Vayeira 5786
This past week, as trick-or-treaters gleefully popped up around neighborhoods, I found myself reflecting on how much of Halloween’s imagery has evolved. What
Shabbat Lech L’cha 5786
Lech L’cha: The Journey Ahead This past Sunday at J-Quest, we celebrated one of my favorite moments of the year — Consecration, when
Shabbat Noach 5786
Sometimes when you’re knitting, you drop a stitch or twist your yarn or misread your pattern. Fortunately, most of those things are easily
Shabbat B’reishit 5786
The Torah begins not with a commandment or a law, but with a story—a story of chaos transformed into order, of darkness pierced