Rabbi Blogs

In the Torah, as the Children of Israel are liberated from Egypt, they face two different kinds of freedom: Physical freedom and spiritual freedom. Physically, no longer wearing chains around their ankles. Spiritually, no longer chained to another’s psychological terror. …

While the Jewish people make up 0.2% of the global population, within that percentage is a diverse, multiheritage, varied group. The jokes about Jewish disagreements abound: Two Jews, three opinions. Another famous one: There is one Jew on an island…

Someone once asked me if I am bored on Shabbat because of all of the Biblical and Rabbinic restrictions we are given. I answered with the words my daughter tells me each Friday on the way to school. “Abba, I’m…