This week, we read from the Parasha Ki Teizei. What sets this portion apart from all the others is the sheer number of laws contained therein. 72 by most counts. Many of them cover a wide range of topics, but a few are dedicated to a specific and hopefully not often encountered circumstance. It is […]
At this point in the calendar, it almost seems like a let down, to come to services and nothing special will be occurring (aside from 2 Bnai Mitzvah – it seems that every week at Emanuel Synagogue is special!). To aid in the post holiday blues, we are treated this week to the beginning of […]
9 years ago this month, I was in Columbia, South Carolina in the southeast United States, in Fort Jackson, completing my United States Naval Chaplaincy Course. At the conclusion of the course, there was a one week field exercise where we simulated being out in the field with a Marine Unit under tactical conditions. We […]
This past week in the United States, the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr was commemorated. He is remembered for his heroic stand against injustice and demand for civil rights for all. His courage to take on the establishment and change it irrevocably altered the fabric of not just the United States, but perhaps the […]
There is a new concept introduced into this week’s parasha, Terumah. It is not the idea to build a place of worship. That is not unique or radical. Many faiths and religions make it a point to construct a centralised place of worship or gathering where the rituals are to take place. What makes the […]
