Our weekly Shabbat Shalom Messages are written by our senior staff: Rabbi Paul F. Cohen, Rabbi Rachel Heaps, Cantor Lianna Mendelson, Danny Glassman, and Matt Rissien. We hope you enjoy sharing in our love of Torah and Judaism through these messages.
Shabbat Vayeira 5786
This past week, as trick-or-treaters gleefully popped up around neighborhoods, I found myself reflecting on how much of Halloween’s imagery has evolved. What
Shabbat Lech L’cha 5786
Lech L’cha: The Journey Ahead This past Sunday at J-Quest, we celebrated one of my favorite moments of the year — Consecration, when
Shabbat Noach 5786
Sometimes when you’re knitting, you drop a stitch or twist your yarn or misread your pattern. Fortunately, most of those things are easily
Shabbat B’reishit 5786
The Torah begins not with a commandment or a law, but with a story—a story of chaos transformed into order, of darkness pierced
Shabbat Chol HaMo-eid Sukkot 5786
Under the Fragile Roof of Memory Beloved Friends, On the Shabbat of Sukkot, we step into a fragile dwelling, open to the sky,
Shabbat Haazinu 5786
In this week's Torah portion, Ha'azinu, we see Moses at the peak of his power with words. He gives this amazing, sweeping poem