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Retribution and Restitution

Shabbat Shoftim / 22 August 2015

This week’s Torah portion, Shoftim, takes me back to one of the richest and most challenging pages of Talmud I have ever taught. The eighth chapter of tractate Bava Kamma… Read More

Posted: August 23, 2015 by

Compassionate Attention

Shabbat Nahamu 2015

In 1946, Dr. Emmi Pikler, a Hungarian pediatrician, went to work at an orphanage in Budapest. In private practice before the Shoah, Dr. Pikler had developed distinctive ideas about raising… Read More

Posted: August 4, 2015 by

Rabbi Ira F. Stone – On the occasion of his final Shabbat as Senior Rabbi

Parashat Hukkat 5775/ 27 June 2015

I’m not sure if anyone would choose Parashat Hukkat for a special occasion or for their final regular weekly D’var Torah after 27 years of preaching from this pulpit. However,… Read More

Posted: June 29, 2015 by

The Nazir

Parashat Naso 5775/30 May 2015

The institution of the Nazir is a mystery wrapped in an enigma. For those of you not familiar, let me explain. In this morning’s Torah reading we are introduced to… Read More

Posted: June 2, 2015 by

Dedicated to Sheri Rosenberg

Parashat Bemidbar 5775/ 23 May 2015

The time between starting out and reaching the goal is bewildering. The great contemporary biblical interpreter, Aviva Zornberg, translates Bamidar, the book of the Torah that we begin today, as… Read More

Posted: May 26, 2015 by
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