Rabbi Sherman - Honorable Mensch-ion

Rabbi Sherman is on sabbatical. Please enjoy an Honorable Mensch-Ion from our Rabbinic Intern, Moe Howard. Is the Israeli flag a religious symbol? The American flag? While some might say “yes” to the former, most would say “no” to the...

Rabbi Sherman is on sabbatical. Please enjoy an Honorable Mensch-Ion from our Rabbinic Intern, Moe Howard. I recently moved from a studio into a one-bedroom apartment. It feels like a mansion: no longer is my bed in my living room...

Rabbi Sherman is on sabbatical. Please enjoy an Honorable Mensch-Ion from our Rabbinic Intern, Moe Howard Today marks the thirtieth day of the Omer, the forty-nine day period between the holidays of Passover and Shavuot—or, should I say, the seven-week...

Love your fellow as yourself. Rabbi Akiva teaches that this is the greatest principle in the Torah. It is one thing to preach these words; it is another thing to live them. We often ask, “Why are our friends not...

It was quite strange to sit at the Seder table a few weeks ago and say, “Next Year In Jerusalem” because this year was the only year in my lifetime that we could not in fact physically get to Jerusalem....

For the weeks leading up to Passover, we prepare to remove chametz from our lives. However, how do we prepare to bring chametz back into our lives? It happens suddenly. We say Havdalah, separating from holy or ordinary, and we...

Over this last month of war, so many of us are attached to our WhatsApps-family and friends whose lives are disrupted, literally living in shelters. Just over the last two days, multiple Zoom meetings with organizations in Israel–Tel Aviv and...

The Talmud teaches, “The one who sacrifices much and the one who sacrifices little have the same merit, provided that the heart is directed to heaven.” For the next few months, we will read intricate details of various sacrificial offerings...

There is no shortage of bitterness today. All I need to write is a list of cities. Toronto synagogues shot at last week. Temple Israel of Detroit attacked yesterday. Rotterdam synagogue arson attack. This is only in the last seven...

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...