Friday, July 16, 2021 – ז’ בסאב תשפ”א אֵיכָ֥ה אֶשָּׂ֖א לְבַדִּ֑י טׇרְחֲכֶ֥ם וּמַֽשַּׂאֲכֶ֖ם וְרִֽיבְכֶֽם׃ “How can I bear unaided the trouble of you, and the burden, and the bickering!” Deuteronomy 1:12 Earlier this week, I was sitting with a colleague at a Jerusalem café when a man approached us and asked us for Tzedakah for […]
By Rabbi Josh Weinberg Friday July 9, 2021 – כ”ט בתמוז תשפ”א This week saw the swearing in a of a new […]
By Rabbi Josh Weinberg Parshat Balak June 25, 2021 – ט”ו בתמוז תשפ”א In this week’s parasha we find one of the strangest and most unusual biblical accounts: a foreign king, […]
By Rabbi Josh Weinberg Friday June 18, 2021 – ח’ בתמוז תשפ”א וַיָּ֨רֶם מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶת־יָד֗וֹ וַיַּ֧ךְ אֶת־הַסֶּ֛לַע בְּמַטֵּ֖הוּ פַּעֲמָ֑יִם וַיֵּצְאוּ֙ מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֔ים […]
By Rabbi Josh Weinberg June 11, 2021 – א’ תמוז תשפ”א “וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ עַל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן […]
By Rabbi Josh Weinberg Friday, May 28, 2021 – י”ז בסיון תשפ”א This moment feels different. It feels like a jumping-off point and […]
By Rabbi Josh Weinberg Friday May 21, 2021 – י’ בסיון תשפ”א In 2001 as the Second Intifada was raging, Israeli popular singer Mookie came out with his hit single “מדברים על שלום” (Talking About Peace). The song is a cry for the forlorn and oppressed in which the refrain goes like this: “כולם מדברים […]
By Rabbi Josh Weinberg May 14, 2021 – ג’ בסיון תשפ”א This has been a devastating week in Israel. The week began with protests and scuffles in Jerusalem – on the Temple Mount and in Sheikh Jarrah. Then Hamas took matters into their own hands by raining down a barrage of over 1200 rockets on […]
