Jeremiah: We are Clay in Your Hands

Jeremiah: his prophecy returns in poetic form on Yom Kippur. In the Hebrew piyyut, liturgical poem, Ki Hiney Kachomer: We…

Vayikra Leviticus: Five Gates

Vayikra: Flawed but Idealistic Vayikra – Leviticus. A flawed attempt to set up an ideal society. Some of its flaws…

Last week, I got an urgent text from one of our offspring. The text said: I’m spiraling a bit about…

Dayenu —enough! It’s an expression of radical gratitude. And a good foundation for the work of teshuvah—repentance, repair, return. I…

Here is a New Year teaching for Rosh Hashanah from Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira of Piaseczna. With a brief commentary,…