Shavuot Yizkor: We Are Never Finished (delivered by Rabbi J.B. Sacks on June 13, 2024) Q: Why couldn’t the prisoner stop talking? A: He couldn’t finish his sentence. I had a clock for lunch earlier. I couldn’t finish it, it was time consuming. My therapist told me the way to achieve inner […]
Parashat B’midbar Sinai: Counting and the Severity of Compassion (d’var Torah delivered by Rabbi J.B. Sacks on June 7, 2024) The Book of Numbers begins with a head count of the entire Jewish People, before they depart from their Sinai encampment, on the way to the Promised Land. Moses organizes this massive endeavor, with the […]
Jewish Prayers Of Thanksgiving (Torah study led by Rabbi J.B. Sacks on November 18, 2023) TEXT #1: Mode/Moda Ani (every day preparatory prayer) מודֶה [מודָה] אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ חַי וְקַיָּם, שֶׁהֶחֱזַרְתָּ בִּי נִשְׁמָתִי בְּחֶמְלָה, רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶךָ I thank You, living, enduring Sovereign, for You have restored my soul to me, in compassion, for […]
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (Delivered by Student Rabbi Maayan Lev on September 16, 2022) I know that as Jews, we say this pretty much all year round, but it’s that time of the year again. We are in the month of Elul. The High Holy Days are almost upon us. Tomorrow night, […]
“He–and We–Live”–A Torah Study for Parashat Vay’chi Led by Rabbi J.B. Sacks on December 18, 2021 Today’s Torah reading is Parashat Vay’chi. “Vay’chi” means, “And he lived,” and this portion ends the book of Genesis. It records a lot. Try to take in this listing: The last years and death of Jacob; Jacob’s request […]
Parashat Lech Lecha: Let G!d Judge Between You and Me Student Rabbi Maayan Lev (delivered on October 15, 2021) This week’s Torah portion is Lech Lecha, a portion so rich, so full of many stories, that it is hard to know what to focus on. There is so much to pull from! Fortunately, the triennial […]