Once upon a time, two brothers lived in the same kingdom. One was a successful merchant; the other a successful…
Category: Wisdom
Bees: Torah's Warrior-Farmers
Animal Dvar Torah for Shabbat Bereisheet. Link to it here.
Poverty/Poverty/Wealth/Wealth
Dvar Torah for Shabbat Chol Hamo’ed Sukkot 5772. The philosophical thoughts I brought with me to Occupy Vancouver. Link to…
Occupy Vancouver
You could not have asked for a more beautiful morning for an outdoor gathering – whether it was a protest…
Harvest of Symbols
Early autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Here it’s a basic physical fact of life that weather turns cold. Sensitive plants…
New(t) Inspiration
I’ve been worried about the newt. My feeding strategy has not appealed to him. With a fork, I scoop up…
Adon Haselichot: Poetic longing for forgiveness
Adon Haselichot, “Master of Pardons” A piyyut (Hebrew liturgical poem) written somewhere in the Middle East sometime between the eleventh and…
Heart of Compassion
Dvar Torah (Sermon) from Rosh Hashanah 5772 (2011) Link to it here.