by RabbiOlivier | Sep 19, 2012 | Adult Learning, Holidays, Torah Reflections
Back to Life, Back to Reality The Ten Days of Awe between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, are an opportunity to enter into a time of personal retreat, the theme of which is “forgiveness.” The path of forgiveness is one of the most powerful spiritual paths...
by RabbiOlivier | Sep 6, 2012 | Adult Learning, Shabbat, Torah Reflections
Ki Tavo Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:8 Listening to God’s Voice As the rabbis of Talmudic times ordered the daily prayer schedule, they made sure we recite the Sh’ma–the central affirmation of our tradition–at least three times a day; during...
by RabbiOlivier | Sep 1, 2012 | Adult Learning, High Holy Days Meditations, Shabbat, Torah Reflections
Ki Teitzei Deuteronomy 21:10 – 25:19 Why Say A Blessing? As we find ourselves entering the second half of the book of Deuteronomy, our weekly parasha/portion contains a record of individual, familial, and communal laws and mitzvot. In the passage that...