Uncategorized Parshat Trumah, 5780 – Creating Sacred Space "And they shall make Me a tabernacle, that I may abide in their midst…" (Ex. 25:8) This verse poses a hermeneutical challenge: We are just…David LazarFebruary 26, 2020
Uncategorized Maoz Tzur at Hanukkah So many of us grew up and still sing the words of Maoz Tzur, a hymn probably written in the 13th century, at a time…David LazarDecember 26, 2019
Parshat HashavuaUncategorized Kohelet, the biblical book of Ecclesiastes There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge…David LazarOctober 16, 2019