Month: December 2019

Emunah and Avodah: Joining Belief and Action in Sacred Work

On the last day of his life, as the Israelites are preparing to enter the Promised Land without him, Moses offers his final teachings and directives to the Jewish people. He assures the Israelites that Torah—and the teachings and commandments contained therein—is not beyond them to uphold after he leaves them. Torah doesn’t live in the heavens and it isn’t…

Avodat HaKodesh

It was our Sage Hillel who taught us al tifros min hatzibbur  “do not separate yourself from the community” (Pirkei Avot 2:4). I was certainly glad to be part of a community this past summer at Congregation Adath Israel here in Cincinnati, Ohio. Community was truly the focus of my eight-week fellowship with this community, as I and, it seemed, the other…