From the Rabbi's Desk

עוד לא אבדה תקותנו, we have not lost our hope. The Israeli national anthem is by far one of the most meaningful and beautiful national anthems in the world. It tells the Jewish national story in eight short lines. To sum it all up, we are the people of תקוה… hope. When we look over the course of Jewish history… the Jewish story… we find that the singular thing that kept us together and committed was the singular focus...Read more...

The time has arrived. Passover is no longer “coming up…”. It begins this weekend. Tomorrow will be the time to burn all of our chametz. As we watch our remaining chametz burn in the fire, think about all that you are letting go of. Think of all of the anger and the hurt that you’re enslaved to and place that in the fire side by side with your chametz. We hold onto so much hurt in our world. We hold onto so much negativity and anger....Read more...

When going through the Hagaddah each year, we tend to develop our own traditions and rituals that become sacred to us. One place that often becomes ritualized is the handling of the four sons. Many times, people will draw attention to the sons and chose a different person at the table to represent each one of them. People will laugh and make light of who is chosen to be “wicked” and who is chosen to be...Read more...