Minyan D’Var Torah

December 31, 2016 / 2nd of Tevet, 5777 As I reach out my hand to grasp the meaning of this day, I can see my fingers curl around a multiplicity […]

Presented by Joe Nalven 10/8/16 Last year I gave a dvar on Shabbat Shuva. The path I will take today goes in a different direction. Last year, I picked up the

In this week’s Torah portion, Joseph is in Pharaoh’s court. He has been elevated from being a poor Hebrew boy, a servant of the chief steward and being kept in

D’var Torah for Mar 26, 2016: “Tzav” [Lev 6:1 – 8:36] SHABBAT SHALOM! This week’s portion, called Tzav which means command or order, repeats with additional details the laws of

Presented by Al Kohn on 04/16/2016 This week’s Torah portion is Metzora (מצורע), a word that means “leper.” or “one being diseased.” The word appears in the second verse of

 Presented by Al Kohn on 9/5/2015 When you enter the land that the Eternal your God is giving you as a heritage, and you possess it and settle in it,

Delivered June 2015 Korach, Dathan and Abiram, and 250 of the community, combined to oppose the authority of Moses and Aaron, saying to them: “You have gone too far! What

Delivered March 2014 Shabbat Shalom. This has been a most challenging parasha both to learn to chant and to grapple with in meaning. I look to the music to find

Delivered: November 15, 2014 by Joe Nalven Parashah: Hayyei Sarah – Genesis 23.1-25.18 The title of this week’s parashat is The Life of Sarah, a life, which in its totality

Delivered: October 5, 2013 by Louise Winheld Parashat: Noach – Gen. 6:9-11:32 SHABBAT SHALOM! Have any of you heard of Michelle Obama? What about Eric Greitens? Barbara Van Dahlen? William