Shalom! With Purim behind us and the end of the month of March quickly approaching, I find it particularly relevant that this week’s Torah portion Tzav discusses sacrifices, more specifically, personal sacrifice and commitment. Every year, as soon as Purim is completed, my mind shifts to Passover preparations.
This week’s Torah Portion, Ki Tisa, teaches us that sometimes good things can be hard to wait for. Moses and the Israelites have escaped from Egypt and made it to Mount Sinai. Forty days later, Moses finally comes down from the mountain with the two tablets, only to find
Shalom Temple Jeremiah! I write to you this week riding the coattails of another Kansas City Chiefs victory, sending my hometown team to yet another Superbowl. Knowing that the majority of you reading this do not share the same passion for my hometown team, I will not go too
Shalom, Temple Jeremiah community! As we step into the promising embrace of a new year, I am excited for the year to come! In this week's Torah portion, we find a poignant connection to the fresh start that a new year brings, and it resonates deeply with the journey
Shalom, This past Tuesday, I witnessed something that I never thought I would see. I didn’t realize how badly I needed to see it, until it happened. Sitting in our offices at Temple Jeremiah, we all watched in awe and inspiration as hundreds of thousands of Jews and supporters
Imagine if a giant flood covered the world tomorrow, and all that was left was a mere few of us. If you were one of the few who made it onto the boat, how would you rebuild our world? What values would you choose to pass on to our
Shanah Tovah, It was so wonderful seeing everyone over the Rosh HaShanah holiday! In addition to celebrating and participating in all our youth and family services that take place in the tent outside, I also love spending time in our main service. Every year, I sit in one of
Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad. Sound familiar?? I hope so! While most of us have heard and recited this prayer numerous times throughout our lives, you may not know that the words of the Shema and V’ahavta are found in this week’s Torah portion Va-et'chanan. Of all
This week’s Parsha, Behaalotcha (say that ten times quickly!), speaks a lot about the roles of the Levites. Growing up, I was always taught to be proud of my personal family heritage as a Levite. I attended a synagogue where on certain holidays, the Levites of the congregation would
This week’s Torah portion, Kedoshim, teaches us that we as individuals and as a people are commanded to be holy. Through a series of dictated commandments, we are told to be holy because, “I-God am holy.” Our portion describes in detail different ways in which we can be holy.
