by Congregation Agudas Achim | May 16, 2026 | Sermon, Shabbat
How do you make space holy? Just a few days ago I met with a newly engaged couple for the first time. They are getting married in a year, and we took this first opportunity to get to know each other and to talk through the traditional steps of a Jewish wedding...
by Congregation Agudas Achim | May 9, 2026 | Sermon, Shabbat
When my daughter was born, were the silly and sweet and various children’s books that people chose to give us. It is amazing the variety of children’s books nowadays. I feel like when I was a kid there was Dr. Seuss, there was the Very Hungry Caterpillar, there was...
by Congregation Agudas Achim | Apr 4, 2026 | Sermon, Shabbat
Loopholes. The Rabbis love loopholes. So much of halacha, Jewish law, is actually trying to figure out ways to get around our law code. I looked up a list of the best Jewish loopholes, and there were so many good ones. The Shabbos elevator – being able to use an...
by Congregation Agudas Achim | Aug 30, 2025 | Sermon, Shabbat
Parashat Shoftim continues on the themes laid out last week in parashat re’eh: how do we build an ideal society and systems of government when we arrive in the holy land? But while Re’eh focused specifically on how we care for the neediest among us, Shoftim deals with...
