Why Revenge? Dvar Torah Vayechi
Playgrounds sometimes can be unfortunate models for how the world functions. A few weeks ago, I was at our favorite park with my kids and they were having...
Author: Rabbi Boris Dolin
A New Page
On a warm summer day a little over 7 years ago I started a habit. While I wish I could say I started daily training for a triathlon, or took on the challe...
Every Person Matters
One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something. – Henry David Thoreau Sometimes in the Torah, the smallest and most seemingly insignificant...
More Than a Name
Walking around with a name like Boris has gotten me in a lot of trouble. Even growing up in the US, a country with a diversity of people and an equal diversity...
I Submit to This Truth
Whenever tragedy strikes in the world, we start asking the toughest of questions, and we often become unsure of what should be done to bring us back to a place ...
Parshat Toldot-Digging the Wells of Tradition
The story of this week’s Parsha is a familiar one-the story of Jacob and Esau, the loss of a birthright and the trickery of a son who desires to get the blessin...
Honoring Life and Honoring Death
Last week I gave a talk on the history and traditions of burial practices and cemeteries in Judaism. I described the fascinating artistry of gr...
Parshat Vayera- Not Saying Too Much
A fence for wisdom is silence. Pirkei Avot 3:17 The Jewish people are known for being good talkers. We argue, we ask questions, we find something in the w...
A World Without Us-Kol Nidre 5780
Kol Nidrei 5780 There is a popular genre of apocalyptic literature that imagines what would happen if human beings no longer lived on this earth. Some of these ...
Judaism as Improv! – Rosh Hashanah Day 2 Sermon
Living in New York City, as I did many years ago, you see a lot of strange things. In addition to the usual people in every imaginable kind of outfit walk...