SheminiLeviticus 9:1-11:47Ezekiel 45:16-46:18 Who wants to hear another drash about strange fire? I sure don’t feel like giving one. So let’s talk about something else instead. Being raised by a parrothead, I often look at life through the late Jimmy Buffett’s lyrics....
Exodus 25:1-27:19 Here we have another parsha that is less narrative and more instruction. And I like that. Just as we have four children and different answers for them during the Passover seder, we have different narrative styles for different people and different...
Exodus 6:2-9:35 There’s much I can say to this parasha. The idea of escaping the corruption of the city for wilderness especially speaks to me. But today I want to focus on something else. We learned last week that Pharaoh intentionally made the Israelites’ work more...
Vayechi 5779December 22, 2018Genesis 47:28-50:26 The last time I spoke about Vayechi was in Tucson, Arizona, at Congregation Bet Shalom. I talked about how despite our multitude of tribes, we had more accountability to each other than we ever had before. That the...
Balak 5777 Numbers 22:2-25:9 Micah 5:6-6:8 In my adolescence my dad had a condo in Rocky Point. We would go there, hit up the fish market, buy incredible fish and produce, go deep sea fishing, and cook up a storm. Honestly, there is no better ceviche than the one that...
Emor Leviticus 21:1-24:23 There’s much to ponder in this parashah. Whether it’s the outlining of the festivals or the responsibilities one has when damaging another’s property; whether it’s the outlining of the priestly duties, or the suitability of animals for...
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