by RabbiOlivier | Oct 26, 2012 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Lech Lecha Genesis 12:1 – 17:27 Abraham: A Promise For The Future This week’s Torah portion marks the beginning of the Patriarchal story in the Book of Genesis. Abraham receives God’s call to leave his home and travel to an unknown land with the...
by RabbiOlivier | Oct 19, 2012 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Noah Genisis 6:0 – 11:32 Noah: A Righteous Man in His Generation? There is a thought-provoking Midrash about Noah from this week’s Torah portion that details a debate between two rabbis as to why the biblical author begins with introducing Noah as...
by RabbiOlivier | Oct 15, 2012 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Bereshit Genesis 1:1 – 6:8 Cain And Abel: A Teaching on Generosity Abel was a Shepherd and Cain tilled the soil. And it was, after the passing of days, that Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the Eternal; and as for Abel, he too brought...
by RabbiOlivier | Oct 15, 2012 | Adult Learning, High Holy Days Meditations
Putting Our Name on The List – Day 9 If these Days of Awe have revealed anything to me this year so far, it is — above all — that the work has to start with us. Doing the work of forgiveness is far from easy, far from comfortable; yet if we commit...
by RabbiOlivier | Oct 15, 2012 | Adult Learning, High Holy Days Meditations
Making Amends – Day 8 Making amends is truly when the rubber meets the road. We have done all this work forgiving others, and now we have to go out there and repair the damage we have done. If we worked on our letter yesterday, and rehearsed our conversation, we...