Rabbi David’s Blog
Shabbat Reflection: Parashat Toldot
November 17, 2023 /4 Kislev 5784 Parashat Toldot, as its name suggests, conveys the 'history' of Isaac's life. Truth be told, most of the parasha [...]
Shabbat Reflection: Parashat Vayera
November 3, 2023 /19 Cheshvan 5784 I'm haunted by the story of the destruction of Sedom and Amora. "The sun was going out over the [...]
Shabbat Reflection: Parashat Lekh-L’kha
October 27, 2023 /12 Cheshvan 5784 Peter Paul Rubens 'The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek' c. 1626. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. At the [...]
Shabbat Reflection: Parashat Noach
October 20, 2023 /5 Cheshvan 5784 Pictured: Noah receiving an olive branch from the dove. BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 [...]
Shabbat Reflection: B’reishit / Mevarkhim Hodesh Heshvan
October 13, 2023 /28 Tishrei 5784 וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ - "now the earth was tohu va'vohu - Confusion and Chaos." That, says the Torah, was the [...]
Shabbat Reflection: Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
October 6, 2023 /21 Tishrei 5784 I spend a fair amount of time worrying about ‘the Jewish people’ — ‘our’ (dis)unity, ‘our’ (dis)connectedness, ‘our’ (un)shared [...]