This week we read Shoftim which translated means judges. Fortunately, the first few verses was all I needed to formulate my d’var. The majority of the parsha was difficult to get through and stay awake. The Torah and more important the rabbis over the centuries continue to impress me with the amount of knowledge and […]
Feed My Starving Children was a huge success for the Kehillah. Twenty-one members of Kehillat Chaverim volunteered their time to pack meals for the organization. We gathered at their Richardson location, listened to a brief orientation and set of instructions, donned our hairnets, washed our hands, and started packing meals for El Salvador.
Some people scooped […]
I received inspiration for this d’var from a podcast discussion between the host Jonathan Silver of the Tikvah Project and his guest, Rabbi Daniel Gordis of Shalem College in Israel. They discussed the growing divide between Israeli and American Jews. No longer do we live in an American society where support for Israel is automatic […]
The
following refrain is from the 1982 song performed by
Quarterflash. When I read this week’s parasha, Va’era, this song popped
into my head.
I’m gonna swallow my tearsI’m gonna harden my heartI’m gonna turn and leave you here
Anyone
remember that one? It certainly received its fair share of radio play. And it brought forth once again the notion the
lessons […]
“We are all going to die and that makes us the lucky ones”. And no, the scene is not set in a lake full of alligators where death by drowning is better than being eaten alive. This quote is from Richard Dawkin, an atheist. I may be the only one delivering a Yom Kippur talk […]
Today we begin the reading of the book of Bamidbar or In the Wilderness of Sinai.
Bamidbar is also known in English as The Book of Numbers because it begins with the census taken of the Israelites at the beginning of their 40-year wandering through the wilderness. In Verse 2 G-d is speaking to Moses, “Take […]
James Rosenberg – opening and closing.
Members of the Kehillah – voices of the rescuers and the rescued.
Shabbat Shalom Thank you for joining us at the Kehilla’s Yom HaShoah Commemorative Program.
Yom HaShoah, commemorating the victims of the Holocaust. Today, we celebrate the Rescuers, and those Rescued.
Thousands of Jews were saved by people who risked their lives […]
This week, we read in Parasha Terumah about the building of the Mishkan, the portable sanctuary constructed from materials obtained from donations made by the Israelites. Most of the parasha focuses on the intricate details of the construction of the Mishkan. The core elements of our prayer space have only changed slightly in functionality. We […]
Good Yom Tov, For those of you that I may have insulted or offended in this past year, I ask for your forgiveness.
Have you ever imagined you would be lying in the middle of the road, unconscious with no recollection of how you got there? It’s a natural human feeling to feel invincible, to feel […]
