COURT OF FIRST RESORT Mishpatim-5765 Rabbi David Walk After all the exciting readings beginning the book of Exodus, this week is a serious affair. It’s...
MATHMATICAL PRECISION Terumah-5765 Rabbi David Walk A dear congregant came up to me last week and said that she had discovered what troubles her about the...
CLOTHES HORSE Tiztaveh-5765 Rabbi David Walk Every year when we get to this Torah reading I have a problem. This week we read about the priestly garments, and...
LEADERSHIP Ki Tisa-5765 Rabbi David Walk We're following the leader, the leader, the leader We're following the leader wherever he may go We won't be home till...
SHABBAT V’yakhel-5765 Rabbi David Walk Over the past few years I’ve been studying more and more Chasidic masters. I believe that this is a trend in many...
FOLLOWERS Pikudei-5765 Rabbi David Walk The past few weeks we have had many occasions to discuss leadership qualities, especially as pertaining to Moshe. But...
THE EVIL OF BANALITY Purim-5765 Rabbi David Walk The well known historian Hannah Arendt went to Israel in 1961 to report on the trial of Adolph Eichman for the...
LOTS ‘N LOTS Purim-5765 Rabbi David Walk What’s in a name? Our Rabbis make a big deal about names in general and the names of holidays in particular. All...
HOLY COW! Parah-5765 Rabbi David Walk The religious personality is confronted with a number of spiritual problems. Probably the most famous is the issue of an...
HUMANITY Hachodesh-5765 Rabbi David Walk How do we define human? This is a pressing question for paleontologists who endeavor to categorize our early...
THE STORYTELLER Pesach-5765 Rabbi David Walk There used to be a television program called the Storyteller, and it was narrated by the great English actor John...
SANCTIFIED Kedoshim-5765 Rabbi David Walk Every year we read the same weekly Torah readings, and one might think that it would be boring or repetitive....
ONE TO RULE THEM ALL Emor-5765 Rabbi David Walk This week’s Torah reading contains one of the best known chapters in the Bible. Chapter 23 of Leviticus is...
SLAVERY Behar-5765 Rabbi David Walk This week’s Torah reading contains one of the most famous verses in the entire Bible. The phrase, “Proclaim liberty...
PEACE B’chukotai-5765 Rabbi David Walk When I was a kid I remember seeing Dave Garroway end the Today Show every morning by raising his hand and just saying,...
LEADERS Bamidbar-5765 Rabbi David Walk This week we begin the fourth of the Five Books of Moses, namely Bamidbar or in the wilderness. Usually we call our...
GIFTS Shavuot-5765 Rabbi David Walk Our three festivals, Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot, are described in the Torah for both their historical significance and...
PRAYER Shlach-5765 Rabbi David Walk For some reason the temptation to join in the sin of the ten spies was very strong. The entire nation was basically drawn...
EQUALITY Korach-5765 Rabbi David Walk We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with...
CIRCLES Chukat-5765 Rabbi David Walk We Jews love circles. In our prayers we often mention ‘b’agala uvzman karov’ which is a reference to the turning of...
STUDENTS Balak-5765 Rabbi David Walk There is a famous mishneh in Pirkei Avot concerning this week’s Torah reading. “Whoever has three particular traits is...
IN DIRE STRAIGHTS Masei-5765 Rabbi David Walk The nature of the Jewish calendar is that we find ourselves truly embedded in the different seasons. I’m sure...
ANTICIPATION Tisha B’av-5765 Rabbi David Walk My longtime boss and friend Rabbi Riskin often chided me that he was a Purim Jew and that I was a Tisha B’av...
CONSOLATION? NO, VINDICATION! Nachamu-5765 Rabbi David Walk We Rabbi types revisit the same issues year in and year out. The amazing thing is that we don’t...
MOTHERHOOD Eikev-5765 Rabbi David Walk We Jews love the number seven. Probably no other number shows up so often in our traditions. This is on my mind as I...
SIGHTS ‘N SOUNDS Re’eh-5765 Rabbi David Walk When the Torah was given on Mount Sinai an amazing phenomenon occurred. The verse records, “All the people...
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