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The Torah isn’t just a sacred text — it’s a living, breathing work of art. Every mark, every space, even the parchment itself tells a story of divine inspiration and human devotion.  A Torah scroll is written entirely by hand — no printing, no shortcuts — on parchment made from a kosher animal, using natural ink and a feather quill.  Each […]

Parshat Ha’azinu is Moses’ great song — lofty, poetic, and weighty. And after the High Holidays, with all their intensity, I think we could use a lighter song of our own. So let me share with you one of the Bible’s lesser-known gifts: baseball. You didn’t know baseball was in the Torah? It’s right there […]

The Archer and the Painter – One God – Many Facets This morning, I want to talk about God. That may sound obvious — it is Yom Kippur, after all. But in truth, Judaism often speaks more about what God wants from us than about what God is. We speak about mitzvot, about justice, about […]

We need each other On Rosh Hashanah, we began the tale of the royal archer. The greatest archer in the land, admired by all — yet plagued by disappointment. Because no matter how steady his hand, the wind carried his arrows off course. Inches away from the target felt to him like miles. He reminded […]