There is a command in Torah that appears again and again: זכור — remember. We remember Shabbat.
We remember Sinai.
We remember Amalek. And in our generation, we remember the Holocaust. But remembrance in Judaism is never passive. It is not history for the sake of memory—it is memory that demands transformation. But a question arises as we remember tragedy: Where was God?
 Why did He allow this? Even in the Tanach, we hear cries of “למה”—why? From Book of Lamentations to the P

For those of you that have celebrated Passover before, you know that there more to do than just prepare a special dinner. The week leading up to Passover is tedious and involves meticulous cleaning and scrubbing and searching to make sure that all chametz is removed from the home. To say the least, there is a lot of preparation that goes into readying our homes for Passover. What’s more important than cleaning and preparing out homes though? Cleaning and preparing our heart

I pray that, like Abraham, you continue to grow in the ways of Hashem in the easy times and in the difficult times; that you look beyond yourself to show kindness and serve others, displaying the love of Hashem to those who you encounter. May you, like Sarah, have joy and laughter, bringing light into every room you enter and to those around you. May you stand steady in faith like Yitchak, trusting that G-d is always beside you. I pray that you learn from Lot, both in his str

Tonight begins Rosh Chodesh Elul of the Hebrew year 5785. This month calls us to enter in with a sacred invitation to reflect, renew, and...