Pathway to Peace
(Prepared for the World Religions Conference February 2, 2016) I just recently returned from a conference of Jewish Renewal Clergy held...
Vayechi: And He Lived
I need to begin with a warning/disclaimer: this dvar Torah contains violent scenes that may be disturbing to some listeners. This is...
Shalom: My Religion’s Solution for World Peace
(Prepared for the Women’s Annual Interfaith Symposium: World Peace, How Religion Helps November 29, 2014) Shalom! I think it’s the first...
Akeida #2: The Binding of Isaac - Reb Zalman’s Hineini
Those of you who were here last year may recall that I gave the dvar Torah on the second day of Rosh Hashanah then. I focused on Avraham...
Akeida #1: The Binding of Isaac - Hineini
Hineini. In the Akeida, the binding of Isaac, which was just chanted so beautifully, we heard the word, “hineini”, three times –first...
