Author: rabbiwilliamt
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Our first Shabbat gathering
July 24 will be our first Kabbalat Shabbat service beginning at 7:30pm. We will meet on Zoom until we can find a location for regular meetings. A copy of the…
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Matot-Masei: Trusting God
Chapter 33 of Numbers records the various locations in which Israel wandered over the course of 40 years in the wilderness. It makes for some mind-numbing reading and leaves us…
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Patrilineal Descent – Parshat Emor
At the end of our portion, we read a story about a man described as the son of an Israelite woman and Egyptian man. This half-Israelite man gets into a…
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The Torah of the Heart – Parshat Nitzavim
This week’s parsha is a climactic finale for the list of blessings and curses that accompany obedience and disobedience. The main point of this short parsha is a charge from…
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D’var Torah – Parshat Shemot
The book of Exodus begins with a brief history of how the Israelites became slaves in Egypt. The new Pharoah grew fearful of the “foreigners” living in his kingdom, forgetting…
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Ruth and Conversion
The book of Ruth is incredibly subversive, offering many situations that would undercut the force of the laws recorded in the Torah. Ruth is a Moabite, which is a nationality…
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Welcome
As I begin organizing this community, I wish to extend my warmest welcome to everyone. Please stay tuned for updates, musings, essays, and sermons.
