A Bisl Torah

Instead of praying to God, start praying with God.

Our environs might spark emotion, connecting us to a past experience or perhaps, a moment in our collective history.

Sometimes, turning back a page reveals a complexity and nuance needed to truly understand someone else.

Make plans. Create agendas. Shape the year. But leave some time for what summer is meant to be.

Time to refrain from refreshing the screens. Instead, a reminder to refresh our souls.

Is it worth knowing how long we might live? Does that change the ways we might treat ourselves or each other?

The reenactment of receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai is a reenactment of our own stepping into an eternal partnership with our Creator.

Your rabbis, your cantors, your teachers and mentors are here to remind you that within a synagogue, any synagogue, and especially within this synagogue, there is always room to find your way.

The Torah is often compared to “a tree of life.”

It is much easier to criticize and judge someone else than it is to be honest with one’s own misgivings