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.
Every so often, a Torah portion comes along that makes you wonder, “How in the world am I supposed to connect the messages here to my everyday life?!” For me, this week’s portion of Vayikra is one of those parshiyot (with apologies to Rabbi Heaps, as I found out
It’s the happ, happiest time…..of the year! No, we’re not talking about Happ Road…..we’re talking about Adar!!! (I often hear the best puns from our very own Rabbi Heaps and thought in the spirit of the holiday I would insert one of my own here). That’s right Temple Jeremiah,
My Shabbat Shalom message this week is close to my heart, as this week’s Torah portion, Sh'mot, contains one of the earliest documented stories of adoption. As the story goes, Pharaoh decrees that all firstborn male Jewish babies are to be killed. Fearing Pharaoh’s decree, Moses’ mother Yocheved places
