A meditation on Simchat TorahCBI - Boca - 2026 Rabbis, like families, all experience a kind of emotional whiplash. So ...

September 18, 2026Congregation B'nai Israel: Boca Raton There is a Hassidic story about a Jew who kept a tavern in ...

Second Day Rosh Hashanna Congregation B’nai Israel - Boca 2026 In my first year of rabbinic school, I found myself ...

Whenever I am back in Toronto visiting my parents' grave, there are places that continue to draw me in no ...

How many of us remember where we were 25 years ago today? Twenty-five years is long enough that some of ...

A Sermon for Parashat Ki TavoAugust 28, 2026 Imagine a farmer in ancient Israel. He has walked days to Jerusalem, ...

This week's parasha, Ki Teitzei, is famous for its sheer variety. In the span of a few chapters we move ...

There are verses from the Torah that almost everyone seems to know.  ‘In the beginning God created…’ - ‘Let my ...

R'eih. See. That single word — a command, really — opens this week's parashah. Not "hear," not "consider," not "reflect ...

Parashat Matot-MaaseiJuly 10, 2026 CBI - Boca Raton No matter how many times I have read a portion, studied some ...