Parasha Insights

Considering the devastating news from Sydney, Australia, I am reaching out with one simple message: please come out and be present this Shabbat. 

Chanukah teaches that a little light dispels much darkness. Darkness grows when people retreat; light grows when we show up, stand together, and refuse to let fear define how we live as Jews. This is not a time to pull back—it is a time to gather, carefully and proudly, and fill our community with light. 

That is why you matter. When we come together publicly to light the menorah, we are doing more than celebrating a holiday. We are affirming Jewish life, pride, and resilience. Every person who attends adds another flame. 

Please be reassured t… Read More »

A scorpion stood at the Gaza port, desperate to escape. Seeing a swan, he begged for a ride across the sea.
The swan refused. “You’ll bite me, and I’ll die.”
“You’re foolish,” said the scorpion. “If I bite you, I drown. For my own selfish sake, I won’t harm you.”
The logic convinced the swan. They set out peacefully… until, just before reaching the other side, the scorpion suddenly stung the swan with a deadly bite.

As both began to sink, the swan cried out, “Why? You killed yourself, too!”
The scorpion replied, This is Gaza...

Joseph’s Pit

The Torah says Joseph’s brothers stripped him and threw him into a pit—“empty; no water in it… Read More »