A Post-Purim Reflection Shushan – From Consternation to Joy "The city of Shushan was in consternation" (Esther 3:1). "The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy and honor" (ibid 8:16).

Min Hameitzar "From the narrow places I called out, 'Yah', and I was answered with expansiveness" (Psalm 118). Oh, how the last year has felt constraining and narrow. Stuck in

Light a Candle and Remember A Reflection on One Year of the Global Covid-19 Pandemic On March 11, 2020, the Director General of the World Health Organization declared, "We have

One Year – Twice A Message for Reflection One year! I think about what I said when Rabbi Sandler told me that I better take these warnings about some flu-like

A Reflection on Last Week… Where Do We Go Now? Although it has been some time since I last stood at (now) Truist Park for the National Anthem that precedes

Shemot 5781 The Final Hour? There arose a new King in Egypt who did not know Joseph [Exodus 1:4]. In life, we are ultimately judged by our final hour, not

Miketz 5781 Two Chief Cupbearers And the sar hamashkim (the chief cupbearer) did not remember Joseph and forgot him (Genesis 40:23). And the sar hamashkim spoke up and said to

Shabbat Vayeshev Hanukkah 5781 The COVID-19 Hanukkah This year we celebrate our Festival of Lights in the midst of a dreadful pandemic, and, for far too many, literally in the

Shabbat Vayishlach 5781 Of Deborah and Mary Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Beth El (Genesis 35:8). Deborah's death is recorded following Jacob's settling in

Happy Thanksgiving To Our Ahavath Achim Family: This is a grateful time of year. It is the time when we reflect on our lives, our families, and all the elements

A Note of Gratitude Dear Friends, I want to thank those of you who offered condolences to me at the time of my father's death in October. Of course, I

Noach 5781 The First Quarantine Noah and his family stuck in the ark for one year and one week is the first recorded quarantine. I suspect that he was tired