Archive for March 2026

I don’t know about you, but when I was growing up, every Monday night there was a oft-repeated instruction coming from somewhere in the house…’Cy, take out the garbage.’ That would be my cue to stop whatever I was doing, go to the garage and shlepp the garbage can to the street. It was hardly…

There is one time in the year when rabbis break out in sweats.  No, it’s not hte High Holidays, believe it or not.  It is the beginning of the Book of Leviticus. Every year we ask ourselves, ‘how are we to make sense out of a book of sacrifices that have very little impact or…

One of the consequences of being a student of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament is that I understand how the New Testament often distorts Jewish law. You already know the most popular misconception: that Judaism is a harsh, cold religion of laws, devoid of love and compassion. Get into a discussion with anyone…