We thought you might appreciate this dvar Torah that Meir presented in our synagogue in Efrat this past Shabbat. If you would like to see it in Hebrew, please let us know. בס”ד Parashat Beshalach 5784 Our parashah this week…
פרשת בראשית תשפ”ד
This was a drashah given at our local synagogue in Efrat yesterday on Shabbat. Actually, it was delivered in a bomb shelter near the shul to be ready just in case. Thankfully it was just a precaution, but we are…
Cultivating Mutual Responsibility in a Time of Toxic Tribalism
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Just in case you didn’t catch it the first time
Thank you to all of you who wanted to make sure we are all healthy. We’re doing very well, thank G-d. We had written in our yearly newsletter on September 5 that This year, we will take a break from having…
Simchat Torah and Parashat Bereishit
Here are some old posts about Simchat Torah/Shemini Atzeret: The Power to Bless 2016 Waterworks 2019 Eternal Renew of the New 2019 Life Cycle 2020 And about Parashat Bereshit: Saying Yes to the Universe 2018 No Man is an Island…
Lift the Gates
בס”ד Parashat Nitzavim 5781 – Rosh HaShanah 5782 The process of Teshuvah is the Torah version of depth psychology, encouraging us to probe the conscious, semi-conscious and unconscious dimensions of our minds to understand the motives for our behavior, and…
Twin Peaks
בס”ד Parashat Ki Tavo 5781 Rabbi Meir Sendor The rapid re-collapse of Afghanistan into the hands of the barbaric Taliban is a rude awakening for Western liberal societies. The pundits are trying to figure out what went wrong with twenty…
Smoke and Mirrors
בס”ד Parashat Ki Teze 5781 This week a massive fire devastated the forests of the mountains just west of Jerusalem. As of this moment, Wednesday evening, it has been brought under control, though it’s not yet fully extinguished. The fire…
My Brothers’ and Sisters’ Guardian
בס”ד Parashat Shoftim 5781 Meir Sendor With new strains of the pandemic surging here, and all around the world, the government, trying to avoid a full lockdown, is calling for a sense of responsibility from all citizens: to get vaccinated;…
Timing is Everything
בס”ד Parashat Re’eh 5781 Israeli civil bureaucracy is a bit notorious for its complexity and rigidity. It’s saddled with lingering influences from Ottoman and British occupation and the Russian and Eastern European backgrounds of some of the early Jewish groups…
