2009 Archive (through August 27)

• A king, not a magician (August 27, 2009)
• Out of bounds
• To be a blessing
• ‘Good news’ for Jews
• Answering unanswered prayers
• Reasons to do nothing
• Admitting our shortcomings as Tisha B’Av approaches
• Transitions of power: having the grace to step aside
• Appreciating our everyday miracles
• Recognizing our unhealthy inclinations
• Be more than you can be
• A second chance
• Whose blessing?
• Let the spiritual conversation begin
• One by one
• Recognizing the sacred
• The mystery of the red heifer
• Rx for a meaningful life
• Acting upon the world
• Unraveling stories
• Not all or nothing at all
• The urge to assemble
• Saying ‘I’m sorry’
• ‘Whatever’
• Pebbles of holiness
• The presence of God’s absence
• The locus of holiness
• Time out
• Welcome the convert
• Tempered victory
• Coming into the plague zone
• Signs and wonders
• Worth waiting for
• Leaving behind wisdom for next generation
• Complexities of family relationships

2008 Archive

• Offering true repentance as a motivation for change 12.25.2008
• Chosen — for what?
• Name change
• Owning up to one’s behavior
• Gen X ascendant
• Hoping for the circle of history
• Warts and all
• Claiming the inheritance
• Eschewing the city life
• Gift from Mother Eve
• In pursuit of the divine
• Transformation of the sukka
• Tipping the balance
• A ‘before and after’ covenant
• A case of taken identity
• Sparing the rebellious son
• The future of prophecy
• A message from on high
• No greasing of the divine palm
• A tale of two wellsprings
• Accentuate the positive
• Correcting course
• First things first
• None of our business
• Just do your best
• To debate or not to debate
• Do what is right, despite
• The ark of broken tablets
• Who's counting?
• Relying on miracles
• Reconciling God’s role in healing with science and medicine
• No Title
• Counting the ‘omer’ connects to freedom — and responsibility
• Reveling in the ordinary and extraordinary
• Giving so that others feel free
• Assessing our sins and our strengths
• A plague of words
• Birth and rebirth
• Kosher signs
• Cursed blessing
• High Court redux?
• Gaining independence

Taking a break 02.28.08

Aaron’s sin 02.21.08

Do clothes make the mensch? 02.14.08

‘Rodef’ and potential life 01.31.08

No oaths in vain 01.24.08

God as warrior, God as healer 01.17.08

Marking time 01.10.08

The strength of 80 01.03.08

2007 Archive

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Message of hope
Vayigash
Genesis 44:18-47:27
12.13.07

The people's holiday
HANUKKA
12.06.07

An extraordinary miracle
Hanukka
11.29.07

Stuff is not happiness
Vayishlah
Genesis 32:4-36:43
11.22.07

People who need people
Vayetsei
Genesis 28:10-32:3
11.15.07

Appearance isn't everything
Hayei Sara
Genesis 23:1-25:18
11.01.07

Glimpses of wholeness
Vayera
Genesis 18:1-22:24
10.25.07

Serendipitous selection
Lech Lecha
Genesis 12:1-17:27
10.18.07

The dove's message
Noah
Genesis 6:9-11:32
10.11.07

Good tidings to return of Eden
Bereshit
Genesis 1:1-6:8
10.04.07

Born again — in a Jewish way
Yom Kippur
09.20.07

All creatures connected
Ha'azinu | Shabbat Shuva
09.13.07

Repentance transformed
Nitzavim/Vayeleh
Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20
09.06.07

Dancing without moving
Ki Tavo
Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8
08.30.07

A tangible reminder
Ki Tetze
Deuteronomy 21:10 - 25:19
08.23.07

The poor and the Jewish Sisyphus
Re’e
Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17
08.09.07

Breaking and blessing bread
Ekev
Deuteronomy 7:12 - 11:25
08.02.07

Feeling good about feeling bad
Parshat Devarim
Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22
07.19.07

Crossing boundaries
Matot/Masei
Numbers 30:2-32:42
Numbers 33:1-36:13
07.12.07

In the mood
Pinhas
Numbers 25:10-30:01
07.05.07

Covenant of peace in-the-making
Balak
Numbers 22:2-25:9
06.28.07

The power of love
Hukat
Hukat 19:1-22:1

Ambiguity of leadership
Korach
Numbers 16:1-18:32

All the more miraculous
Shelah Lecha
Numbers 13:1-15:41

Transforming fate into destiny
Beha'alotcha
Numbers 8:1-12:13

Face to face
Naso
Numbers 4:21-7:89

Lots and lots of Jews
Bamidbar
Numbers 1:1 - 4:20
05.18.07

Where have we gone wrong?
Behar-Behukoti
Leviticus 25:1-27:34
05.11.07

Times are changing
Shabbat Emor
Leviticus 21:1-24:23
05.04.07

Spiritual possibilities open to all
Aharei Mot/Kedoshim
Leviticus 16:1-18:30
04.26.07

Birth and death anxiety
Tazri’a/Metzora
Leviticus 12:1-13:59, 14:1-15:33
04.19.07

Falling silent
Shemini
Leviticus 9:1-11:47
04.12.07

A healthy respect for diversity
Pesach
04.05.07

Inside, outside
Parshat Vayikra
Leviticus 1:1-5:26

Above reproach
Parshat Vayakhel/
Exodus 35:1-38:20

Pekudei
Exodus 38:21-40:38

An enduring sanctuary
Ki Tisa
Exodus 30:11- 34:35

Theological richness
Tetzave
Exodus 27:20-30:10

Our inner sanctuary
Teruma
Exodus 25:1-27:19
2.22.07

Love the stranger
Mishpatim
Exodus 21:1-24:18 (2.15.07)

People of the words
Yitro
Exodus 18:1-20:23 (2.08.07)

Music and miracles
Beshalah
Exodus 13:17-17:16 (2.01.07)

Hardening of the heart
Bo
Exodus 10:1-13:16 (1.25.07)

Why now?
Va’era
Exodus 6:2-9:35 (1.18.07)

Seeing forever
Shemot
Exodus 1:1-6:1 (1.11.07)

Efraim before Menashe
Vayehi
Genesis
47:28-50:26 (1.04.07)

2006 Archive

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Suffering with Israel
Vayigash
Genesis
44:18-47:27

Agents of history
Miketz
Genesis 41:1-44:17

The stuff that dreams are made of
Vayeshev
Genesis 37:1-40:23

Wrestling match
Vayishlah
Genesis 32:4-36:43

Stumbling on God
Vayetze
Genesis 28:10-32:3

Death and succession
Hayei Sarah
Genesis 23:1-25:18

Where are we?
Vayera
Genesis 18:1-22:24 11.09.06

Unquestioning commitment
Lech Lecha
Genesis 12:1-17:27
11.02.06

Ambiguous hero
Noah Genesis 6:9-11:32

The value of not knowing
Bereshit Genesis 1:1-6:8 10.19.06

Elevating the scrolls
Shemini Atzeret 10.12.06

The ‘really real’ world
Sukkot 10.05.06

God is a Rock
Ha’azinu

Giving and getting unconditional love
Rosh Hashanah

God for all seasons
Nitzavim Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20
Vayelech Deuteronomy 31:1-31:30

Too much holiness
Ki Tavo Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 9.07.06

The righteous way to lend
Ki Tetze Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19

The puzzle of prophecy
Shoftim Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9

Brokenness and wholeness coexist
Ekev Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25

Punctuating the verse
Va’et’hanan Devarim 3:23-7:11

What in the words
Devarim 7.27.06

Parenting issues
Matot/Masei 7.20.06

Bearing a grudge
Parshat Pinhas 7.13.06

A good death
Parshat Hukat-Balak 7.06.06

Wool white and sapphire blue
Kora 6.29.06

From secular into sacred space
Shelah Lecha 6.22.06

Multiple meanings
Beha’alotcha 6.15.06

The vision thing
Naso 6.08.06

Song of the angels
Shavuot 6.01.06

Striving for a higher level
Bamidbar
5.25.06

Forward and backward
Behar/Behukotai
5.18.06

State of harmony
Emor
5.11.06

Department of holiness
Aharei Mot/Kedoshi
5.04.06

Festival without a name
Tazri’a/ Metzora
4.27.06

Bad things happening
Shemini
4.20.06

The finger of God
Passover
4.13.06

Bring back the wicked child
Tzav
4.06.06

Governance by majority
Vayikra
3.30.06

The pageant is all
Vayikra
3.23.06

Working toward unification
Ki Tisa
3.16.06

Contributions from the heart
Teruma
3.02.06

Looking for God
Mishpatim
2.23.06

Theological fluidity
Yitro
2.16.06

Carry on
Beshalah
2.09.06

Model of remembering
Bo
2.2.06

The many names of God
Va’era
1.26.06

Moses as superhero
Shemot
1.19.06

Family dynamics
Vayehi
1.12.06

The inevitability of pluralism
Vayigash
1.5.06