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
