Shabbat Shalom and a Peaceful Weekend to All 🙏💐🔯 Tomorrow, on the last Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah, we read Parashat Nitzavim–Vayeilech, ניצבים–וילךDeuteronomy 29:9–31:30 After forty years in the wilderness, the Israelites stand at the threshold of the Promised Land....
“You shall take from the first of all the fruit of the earth…”— Deuteronomy 26:2 וְהָיָ ה כִּי־תָבוֹא אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָה וִירִשְׁתָּהּ וְיָשַׁבְתָּ בָּהּ׃וְלָקַחְתָּ מֵרֵאשִׁית כָּל־פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר תָּבִיא מֵאַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר...
Last week we drove up to Hollywood for my oral surgery with Dr. Daneshgar, whom I’ve known and trusted for 25 years. I’m still not sure what was harder, the procedure or the three-and-a-half-hour drive through heavy traffic. But I’m deeply grateful for Dr. D’s tender...
This week’s Torah portion, Re’eh, רְאֵה, “See,” begins with a choice: “See, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God… and the curse, if you do not obey…” (Deuteronomy 11:26–28) The message is clear:...
Last night, the beautiful full moon hanging over Citrus Hills brought back memories of my beloved brother Ehud and the years I spent at his home high above Lake Hollywood, watching the moon glisten on the water and light up the hills. Inspired by a post by David Proud...
Yesterday we celebrated Tu B’Av (ט״ו באב), also called the Jewish Festival of Love. Kabbalah teaches that love is the force that transforms separation into unity. Coming after Tisha B’Av, the day that commemorates destruction and division, Tu B’Av...
Painting No. 25
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