Coming into the New Year, I thought I’d begin by actually sharing some insights from Torah. I know its a bit of a radical idea, a rabbi sharing thoughts from scripture, but there are two readings that sit with me and we did not have a chance to meet in...
Shana tova, happy New year! Can you believe it’s 2025! If wishing a happy new year feels a bit redundant it might be because we just experienced the beginning of a new year as recently as October. As Jews, we are lucky. We get to celebrate New Year’s twice in...
The New Year 2023: A Time for Renewal Hope is intangible but real, and it has to do with faith, and G!d, and a New Year. For what is a new year? A new year is another opportunity granted by G!d to renew one’s feeling of hope. A new year...
From the Rabbi’s Study Taking a Look at Ourselves The story is told about a gung-ho drill sergeant who always demanded the highest and best from his soldiers. One day he stared in pained disbelief at a sloppy squad of new recruits wearing their uniforms for the first time. For...
Judge Joseph Franklin Rutherford¹ a major figure in the development of Jehovah’s Witnesses, preached the motto they quickly adopted: “Millions now living will never die.” One observer remarked, “Yes, but the tragedy is that millions now living are already dead but do not know it.” In line with this observer,...
