by RabbiOlivier | Jul 1, 2016 | General
Sh’lach L’cha Numbers 13:1 – 15:41 They Warned Moses & They Were Right This week’s Torah portion begins with the famous episode of the spies. Much has been said and written about this episode as it is a turning point in the unfolding drama of our...
by RabbiOlivier | May 27, 2016 | General
B’har Leviticus 25:1 – 26:2 Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land On July 8, 1776 the Liberty Bell was rung in Philadelphia to mark the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. On the side of the legendary cracked bell the famous...
by RabbiOlivier | Jan 9, 2016 | Torah Reflections
Va’eira Exodus 6:2 – 9:35 Know Thyself to be Enslaved Every year, as I meet the text narrating the plagues of Egypt, I am confronted with the same paradox. God commends Moses to ask Pharaoh to free the Hebrews. Pharaoh refuses. God brings down a plague....
by RabbiOlivier | May 23, 2014 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
B’har Leviticus 25:1 – 26:2 Proclaim Liberty Throughout The Land On July 8, 1776 the Liberty Bell was rung in Philadelphia to mark the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. On the side of the legendary cracked bell the famous...
by RabbiOlivier | May 5, 2014 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
K’doshim Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27 A Holiness Code For Tomorrow This week’s Torah portion continues to describe what started in our last portion, what is known as the Holiness Code, which will span the rest of Leviticus. This Holiness Code is a...
