Rabbi Guzik - A Bisl Torah

There are mitzvot between human beings and God. There are mitzvot between human beings and each other. Both categories help refine and develop our character. But there is a third, often overlooked category of mitzvot: mitzvot between a person and...

The month of sabbatical has ended. I wrote, read, exercised, and cooked. Among the lessons gleaned during this precious time, one of the greatest was felt the very last day. While it took a good week to get used to...

Rabbi Guzik is on sabbatical. Please enjoy A Bisl Torah from our Rabbinic Intern, Moe Howard. This past Monday marked the end of what has felt like an era, as the body of slain hostage Ran Gvili was finally brought...

Rabbi Guzik is on sabbatical. Please enjoy A Bisl Torah from Rabbi Avi Taff. What does it mean to live in total and complete darkness?  This week’s Torah portion gives us a vivid image. A heavy darkness descends upon Egypt,...

Rabbi Guzik is on sabbatical. Please enjoy A Bisl Torah from our Rabbinic Intern, Moe Howard. Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, addressed our Sinai Temple congregation last Shabbat. The “torrent” of antisemitic hate, he said,...

Rabbi Guzik is on sabbatical. Please enjoy A Bisl Torah from our Rabbinic Intern, Moe Howard. It’s never too early to start preparing for Passover. While the cleaning can wait, the claim at the heart of the seder is timely:...

As 2026 begins, I am officially starting a month sabbatical. While I aspire to reflect and write and plan to do so in a disciplined manner, there is also a sense of relief to feel untethered to email and social...

Eli Sharabi recently visited Sinai Temple. He explained that when he and Almog Sarusi were forced to go down into the tunnels, Eli resisted, at first refusing to go underground. Hamas terrorists put a gun to his head. Eli realized...

I’m studying the various kinds of light in Jewish ritual. A congregant pointed out that after havdalah, we extinguish the flame. It seems to be one of the only flames we extinguish instead of letting the light burn out on...

For many, the winter season can feel difficult: longer nights, and colder weather. Loneliness may set in; a longing for another time beckons us closer. But Hannukah, the Festival of Lights, confronts the impulse to isolate and turn away. Hannukah...