by RabbiOlivier | Apr 10, 2017 | Torah Reflections
Passover 5778 Mah Nish’tanah? What has changed? Although we closed the Book of Exodus a couple weeks back, with Passover around the corner, its stories linger still in our consciousness. This is the time of the year, personally, when I delight in re-opening the...
by RabbiOlivier | Apr 23, 2016 | General
Passover Mandatory Generosity at Our Seder Tonight, at our first Passover Seder, we will begin telling the story of our exodus from Egypt raising the matzah and saying in one voice: Ha lachma anya… This is the bread of affliction, the bread of...
by RabbiOlivier | Apr 16, 2016 | General
Metzora Leviticus 14:1 – 15:33 The Liberating Power of Generosity This week marks the beginning of our Passover preparation. This spring cleaning is both an outer process of emptying our homes of the forbidden chametz (product made of leavened wheat, barley,...
by RabbiOlivier | Mar 27, 2015 | Torah Reflections
Tzav Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36 Mah Nish’tanah? What Has Changed? Although we closed the Book of Exodus two weeks ago, with Passover around the corner, its stories linger still in our consciousness. This is the time of the year, personally, when I delight...
by RabbiOlivier | Apr 21, 2014 | Adult Learning, Holidays, Torah Reflections
A Connection Through Time Sunday is coming to a close, and tomorrow night is the first night of Passover. I just finished cleaning our house and I can’t imagine there could be any chametz anywhere. Chametz is the Hebrew word that stands for all leavened...