Shabbat shalom! Below you will find a description and discussion of what is happening on this Shabbat. I hope you enjoy the reading and that you have discussions with your family about them. If you are going…
Psalm 133 is very short, and very hard to translate. I will share with you how I read it. A song of ascents. Of David.How good and how pleasant it iswhen people dwell together.It is like fine…
Today, I offer you a prayer for this turbulent time. ETERNAL,Make me like the disciples of Aharon HaKohen,Loving and pursuing peace,extending kindness to all human beingsand bringing them close to the teachings of our tradition.[1] When there…
A few weeks ago I mentioned to you that I was going to do a Tikun Leil Shavuot on May 28, from 6-8pm. My plan was to share texts from Abraham Joshua Heschel relating to Revelation and…
In the last minutes of Wednesday night, October 30, I sat in my house praying that Daniel Hudson would throw the right pitches and bring the World Series Championship to Washington DC. This has been an incredible…
Shalom Friends, We are starting the Hebrew month of Elul. The letters of the name of this month are an anagram for Ani LeDodi VeDodi Li, which means “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.”…
Today in the Torah we read the story of the binding of Isaac. I have spoken about this story many times, since it is a story that tugs at my heart strings. This year, I realized that…
Take another look to the beautiful words she said during our Rosh Hashanah Celebration! The author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie delivered a TED talk titled “The Danger of a Single Story”, about how stereotypes limit and shape our…
We at CEH are introducing the Student Torah Reader Incentive Program! We are striving to support a number of critical goals. These include: increasing the ranks of available Torah Readers, encouraging the participation of young people in…
The following prayer was offered during Etz Hayim’s Special Prayer and Meditation Service Against Gun Violence on Saturday, February 24, 2018. Prayer of Responsibility: Parkland, Florida; Stoneman Douglas High School. A disturbed young man took up an…