by Rabbi Altonaga | Jun 11, 2020 | Parasha, Rabbi Michael Altonaga
2020 is so hard because… Is it easy for you to complete that sentence? There have been a number of new and exceptional challenges that we have faced in the past year, some that may even be unique to our generation. The Jews in this week’s Torah...
by Rabbi Altonaga | Jun 11, 2020 | Parasha, Rabbi Zischa Shaps
Parshat NasoD’var Torah by Rabbi Zischa Shaps If your children have gone to school, you are probably familiar with thedebates over the pros and cons of school uniforms. Uniformity vs.individuality. How can a child express his/her unique personality if they haveto wear...
by Rabbi Altonaga | Jun 4, 2020 | Parasha, Rabbi Michael Altonaga
The past couple weeks have a lot to teach us about piece. Or was it peas? Or maybe peace? Man, this is why I failed 3rd grade spelling. Today, we’re going to talk about how to make piece. See, there are two types of people in the world...
by Rabbi Altonaga | May 26, 2020 | Rabbi Michael Altonaga
Shavuos. The most important holiday that nobody has ever heard of. Shavuos has a bit of middle child syndrome going on. It’s between the much longer holidays of Passover and Succos, and it certainly gets less fanfare than Rosh Hashanah and Yom...
by Rabbi Altonaga | May 20, 2020 | Weekly Parsha
One death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic.Joseph Stalin A poignant and chilling statement (especially given the source). Yet, it’s hard to debate his point as we calmly analyze charts and figures about COVID 19 death rates by country. Our hearts move into...
