Revelation: Not Just a One Time Thing?
By Rabbi Nathan Kamesar This past Shabbat we studied Parashat Yitro, the Torah portion in the Book of Exodus known as Yitro, named after Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, who witnesses the intense burdens Moses is under, navigating the many disputes of the Israelites, and helps him organize a system of judges who can help adjudicate the minor […]
A Bat Mitzvah’s Teaching on Questions
By Rabbi Nathan Kamesar This past weekend, for the second Shabbat in a row, we were fortunate to celebrate a beautiful Bat Mitzvah. Talia and her family celebrated in the sanctuary, on the Society Hill Synagogue Bimah, where multiple generations of this family have now become Bat Mitzvah. Talia’s parashah (Torah portion) was Beshallah. Beshallah means “in the sending forth” […]
Continued Response to the Events in Colleyville, TX
By Rabbi Nathan Kamesar As Jews and people in Jewish community, we have become far too accustomed to headlines, and a history, marked by the experience of Jews being targeted for our religious expression, for our heritage, for simply being different. It is deeply painful. It shouldn’t be that we have to expend our physical, […]
A Bat Mitzvah’s Teaching on Impressionability; And Reflections on Isolating with a Toddler
By Rabbi Nathan Kamesar What a lovely Shabbat we spent this past weekend as we celebrated Talia’s Bat Mitzvah. Talia’s Torah portion was Bo, the third portion in the Book of Exodus, which picks up in the midst of the ten plagues with God telling Moses “Bo el Paroah,” meaning, essentially, “Go before Pharaoh,” so that Moses would […]
Response to the Tragic Fire in Philadelphia
By Rabbi Nathan Kamesar The news out of another part of our community yesterday was wretched: twelve people dead, eight of whom were children, as a result of a fire in a house on the 800 block of North 23rd Street in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia, a mere couple of miles from our synagogue. […]