by Rabbi | Sep 11, 2026 | Torah & Inspiration
This Shabbat is also the first day of Rosh Hashanah, so the regular weekly parsha gives way to the special festival reading. Unusually, because it is Shabbat, we do not blow the shofar. At first, this may seem like something is missing. The shofar is the defining...
by Rabbi | Sep 4, 2026 | Torah & Inspiration
This week’s double parsha begins with two seemingly opposite ideas. Nitzavim means “standing firmly”, while Vayeilech means “and he went”. Chassidic teaching, drawing on Kabbalah, explains that these words describe two essential movements of the soul. First, we must...
by Rabbi | Aug 28, 2026 | Torah & Inspiration
Parshat Ki Tavo begins with the mitzvah of bikkurim. A farmer enters his field and notices the first fruit beginning to ripen. He ties a thread around it and later brings it to the Beit HaMikdash. Standing before the Kohen, he recounts the story of the Jewish...
