Category: Dorshei Emet

I had been asking myself for months if this pandemic would finally do something to break us.  Even in our forced separation and through the challenges we h...

The day you were born was the day God decided the universe could no longer exist without you. -Rebbe Nachman of Bretzlav This week as the weather warms and we m...

This week’s Torah portion begins with a familiar reminder of the Biblical understanding of faith and practice, “If you follow My laws and faithfully obser...

Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim, Leviticus 18:5 וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם אֶת־חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָ֛ם הָאָדָ֖ם וָחַ֣י בָּהֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃ Yo...

It is one of the most moving moments of the annual Montreal Yom Hashoah commemoration. After an evening of readings, songs and stories of individual surviv...

I am sure I am not the only one who gets as much joy out of planning for our Passover seders as the seder itself. In past years, I would often spend at least a ...

I know that this is the time to clean my house rid my drawers and cabinets  of the crumbs the remains  of all that has risen, and held me back the mis...

Life gives us many changes in perspective, but I never thought I would see one like this. I doubt any of us thought that a pandemic of this scale was even possi...

I have never been a morning person, but it has been especially hard to wake up the past few days.  Living through this pandemic, each morning brings more b...