Friday October 24, 2025/ 2 Cheshvan 5786/Shabbat Noah Hevre/Friends,   נֹ֗חַ אִ֥ישׁ צַדִּ֛יק תָּמִ֥ים הָיָ֖ה בְּדֹֽרֹתָ֑יו ׃ Noah was a righteous man; he was blameless in his age Commentators throughout the ages have debated Noah’s merits based on the wording of this verse. Some say he was a righteous man despite the depravity of his generation; others say he only seemed righteous in comparison to the depravity of his generation. What might read like an incidental matter of b

Friday October 17, 2025/ 25 Tishrei 5786/Shabbat Bereishit Hevre/Friends,   Every year on Shabbat Bereishit we restart the cycle of Torah reading and immerse ourselves once more in Judaism’s foundational narratives. How many times have we read these stories? How many times have we grappled with their meaning? How many different insights and interpretations have we been taught? And yet we do it all over again year after year, decade after decade, generation after generation, p

Friday October 10, 2025/ 18 Tishrei 5786/Sukkot Hevre/Friends, Could it really be that tonight will be the last Shabbat on which we...

Friday September 19, 2025/ 26 Elul 5785/Parshat Nitzavim Hevre/Friends, What motivates someone to make change? Is it a sense of urgency,...

Friday September 12, 2025/ 19 Elul 5785/Parshat Ki Tavo Hevre/Friends,   My close friend and master Jewish educator, the late Rachel...

Friday September 5, 2025/ 12 Elul 5785/Parshat Ki Tetze Hevre/Friends, Most of us think of the work of repentance as intensely private...

Friday August 29, 2025/ 5 Elul 5785/Parshat Shoftim Hevre/Friends, It’s hard to keep me indoors when the lake and the trails beckon,...

Friday August 22, 2025/ 28 Av 5785/Parshat Re'eh Hevre/Friends, Last night, 25 of us gathered to watch the documentary, “October 8”,...

Friday August 15, 2025/ 21 Av 5785/Parshat Ekev וְ הָיָ֣ה  עֵ֣קֶב תִּשְׁמְע֗וּן אֵ֤ת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה And if you do listen to...

Friday August 8, 2025/ 14 Av 5785/Parshat Va'Etchanan/Shabbat Nachamu/Tu B'Av Hevre/Friends, Nederland, Colorado, is a gateway town to...

Friday August 1, 2025/ 7 Av 5785/Parashat Devarim Hevre/Friends, It’s every person’s worst nightmare. Someone you love gets up in the...

Friday July 25, 2025/ 29 Tamuz 5785/Rosh Chodesh Av/Parashat Matot-Masei Hevre/Friends, It’s the end of the week, and the start of the...

Friday July 18, 2025/ 22 Tamuz 5785/Parashat Pinchas Hevre/Friends, I'm wiped.   The news coming from Israel as well as from other...

Friday July 11, 2025/ 15 Tamuz 5785/Parashat Balak Hevre/Friends, If you can get past the talking donkey in this week’s portion of Balak,...

Friday July 4, 2025/ 8 Tamuz 5785/Parashat Chukkat Hevre/Friends,  This is it. My most favourite weekend of the year. All of my four...

Friday June 27, 2025/ Rosh Chodesh Tamuz 5785/Parashat Korach Hevre/Friends,   After our fascinating and meaningful (and fun!) Rabbi on...

Friday June 20, 2025/24 Sivan 5785/Parashat Sh'lach Lecha Hevre/Friends,   “Hola” from Basque Country where we are entering the final two...

Friday June 13, 2025/17 Sivan 5785/Parashat Beha'alotekha   דַּבֵּר֙ אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֵלָ֑יו בְּהַעֲלֹֽתְךָ֙ אֶת־הַנֵּרֹ֔ת...

Friday June 6, 2025/10 Sivan 5785/Parashat Naso Hevre/Friends,   Our departure for Rabbi on the Road 2025: Basque Country  is just days...

Friday May 30, 2025/3 Sivan 5785/Parashat Bamidbar   שְׂא֗וּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֙  כּל־עֲדַ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם...