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Oct 30, 2026, 4:36 AM

The Music of Ambivalence (Vayera, Covenant & Conversation)

The Torah does not have a word for ambivalence (the nearest is Elijah’s question to the Baal-worshipping Israelites: “How long will you waver between two opinions?”). It does, however, have a tune for it. This is the rare note...

Oct 22, 2026, 9:36 PM

The Heroism of Ordinary Life (Lech Lecha)

Written by Rabbi Sacks in 2007 The Lord said to Abram: ‘Go – from your land, your birthplace, and your father’s house – to the land that I will show you. (Gen. 12:1)’ These words are among the most consequential in...

Oct 16, 2026, 7:24 PM

A Story of Heaven and Earth (Noach, Covenant & Conversation)

Written by Rabbi Sacks in 2007 Set between the pre-history of humanity as a whole and the particular covenant with Abraham, the story of the Tower of Babel is one of the turning points of the biblical narrative, central to...

Oct 2, 2026, 10:52 PM

Inches to Metric: The Clique

Camp is a social incubator We are a Camp Ramah family and have been involved with camp for decades. However anyone who ever attended camp or middle school and survived/thrived knows, social dynamics are tricky. Not easy to navigate. Often...

Sep 17, 2026, 8:32 PM

I Miss the Mistakes

I miss typos. I miss misspelled words, sentences that go on too long and emails that end without quite knowing how to end. I miss bulletin articles with clumsy transitions. I miss sermons that take a strange turn because...

Sep 4, 2026, 4:57 AM

To Renew Our Days (Nitzavim-Vayelech, Covenant & Conversation)

The moment had come. Moses was about to die. He had seen his sister Miriam and brother Aaron pre-decease him. He had prayed to God – not to live forever, not even to live longer, but simply, ‘Please let...

Sep 2, 2026, 10:23 PM

The Night Before, The Night Before Rosh Hashanah

Poor guy, how is he going to get to sleep?

Twas the night before the night before Rosh Hashanah and all through the land, the rabbis were schvitzing, were their services all planned? Were the sermons long enough to make people know that it was not Shabbos they were there...

Aug 28, 2026, 6:31 AM

A Sense of History (Ki Tavo, Covenant & Conversation)

Ki Tavo begins with the ceremony of bringing first-fruits to the Temple. The Mishnah gives a detailed account of what happened: Those that were near to Jerusalem brought fresh figs and grapes, and those that were far away brought dried...

Aug 27, 2026, 2:20 PM

When Leadership Fails to Lead

A little more than a year ago a group of 80 Rabbis wrote a letter espousing their moral outrage for Israel’s behavior in Gaza, Yehuda and Shomron. The term people use for these rabbis is Orthodox. I have always...

Aug 26, 2026, 4:58 AM

Rabbis Have a Moral Imperative to Use AI

Why Rabbis Should Use AI This High Holy Day Season Every year around this time, rabbis begin disappearing. We disappear into books, notes, drafts, abandoned openings, half-finished sermons, deleted paragraphs, and the peculiar anxiety that comes with knowing that more people...

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