A Bar Mitzvah Teaching on Kashrut and Belonging, and an Extended Teaching on the Last Remaining Ounce

As is our custom its my privilege to share some words of Torah from him. Skylar’s parashah (Torah portion) was Shemini, a portion that is situated partway through the book of Vayikra (Leviticus). Vayikra, which takes place in the aftermath of the Exodus and the Revelation at Sinai, lays out, essentially, part of the new covenant between the Israelite people and […]
I’m Stepping Away for the Month

By Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Dear Friends, Today is the due date for for our little one, and while there are no immediate signs that they’re going to arrive on schedule, I’m beginning approximately one month’s worth of parental leave starting tomorrow. (Going with a fixed date regardless of when the baby comes helps Rabbi Winokur […]
Ways to Support the People of Ukraine

By Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Those who are regular participants in Friday night and Saturday morning services with us might have intuited by now that the emphasis of my Divrei Torah, my teachings from torah, tend not to engage directly or explicitly with the headlines of the week. This is not out of any philosophical objection to […]