Sigmund Freud argued that sublimation is a defense mechanism, where we take emotionally unacceptable impulses and transform them into socially conventional and constructive activities. He gives an ...

Shabbat Hachodesh reminds us that national rebirth is not only a matter of borders, armies, and institutions. It is also a ...

We read in the Torah that the 10 Commandments were engraved on stone tablets. There is a well known rabbinic word play on the word “engraved.” The Hebrew word for “engraved” in Exodus 32:15 is “charut ...

Reb Ezra Weinberg This week’s Torah portion is Pinchas: Numbers 25:10 - 30:1 Every summer, the primary holiday segment of the Jewish calendar focuses on the... Rabbi Erica Steelman This week’s Torah ...

It happens every year. People come to services for Rosh Hashanah and remember how meaningful Judaism can be in their lives. They fast and pray fervently on Yom Kippur and come up to the rabbi to talk ...

Each year, when we read the sections of the Torah that describe the building of the Mishkan, the portable Tabernacle, many people notice something surprising. The Torah already spent two ...

Once a month, I meet with about ten other Jewish girls as part of the Rosh Chodesh program. We drink tea, bake cookies, do mindful meditations, and kvetch. Most importantly though, we talk about the ...

Vayakhel means and he gathered—not that Moses gathered himself, but that the people gathered. Pekudei means these are the records—the accounting of what was built, what was given, what was done, and ...

A tambourine-lover with creative tactics meant to take congregants outside of their comfort zone, Rabbi RuthE Levy of Mountain Synagogue in Franklin doesn’t mess around when it comes to musical ...