Havdalah: Your Priestly Responsibility

“Havdalah” means “division.” But the havdalah ritual does not divide Jews — from other traditions or from each other. Before Havdalah…

Passover: A Workaholic's Holiday

Holiday cooking for 50 guests. That’s how my Passover began. Of course. How else does a workaholic celebrate her holiday?…

Reconciliation takes many forms. Today, I’m thinking about David. He came to our synagogue occasionally, on Shabbat. He was quiet and a…

Offering as a form of worship. Take a look at Leviticus. God offers some weird instructions for worship! Like a precise…

Chant. A weekend of multi-faith learning at the Bethlehem Centre. Forty-two enchanted hours of spiritual elevation. Five leadership teams, each…

Psalm 148: what a beautiful vision of creation! Spiritual beings sing God’s praise. Sun, moon, and clouds sing. So do…

Hanukkiah. The eight-branched menorah we light at Hanukkah. What Does the Hanukkiah Mean? The prophet Zechariah never heard of a…

Sukkot is a great time for interfaith outreach. Twelve students are taking my graduate course on “Ritual and Sacred Ceremony”…

Can teshuvah – repentance, renewal, and return to God – change the past? In Parshat Haazinu (Deut. 32:1-32:52) Moses speaks to…