by Rabbi Altonaga | Aug 2, 2024 | Mattos, Rabbi Michael Altonaga, Weekly Parsha
You told him you’d go volunteer at the food bank together today, but you just don’t feel like going out anymore. Does it really matter if you just don’t show up? Just because you said it, doesn’t mean you have a real obligation to do it, right? Words are...
by Rabbi Altonaga | Jul 26, 2024 | Pinchas, Weekly Parsha, Yiska Guberman
Parshat Pinchas brings us together with a story of female power. The story of the daughters of Zelophehad takes place in the desert at the time of Hashem’s commandment to Moshe to divide the land into inheritances for each household in Am Israel. Zelophehad,...
by Rabbi Altonaga | Jun 27, 2024 | Rabbi Michael Altonaga, Shelach, Weekly Parsha
The world is a busy place. It seems that there is always something newsworthy being reported. Something people will be talking about. And the media (both social and professional) keeps us up to date on all of this by shouting it at us from every...
by Rabbi Altonaga | May 31, 2024 | Bechukosai, Rabbi Michael Altonaga, Weekly Parsha
How much can one person accomplish? Hollywood is filled with movies of one individual who saves the world through pure strength of will and heroics. This hero may have a supporting character or two (often primarily for comedic effect or to...
by Rabbi Altonaga | May 9, 2024 | Kedoshim, Lauren Shaps, Weekly Parsha
Passover is behind us, but this week’s parsha gives us the opportunity to reflect on a question that may have come up at our Seder. Why did the birth of our nation take place after being in Egypt for over 200 years? Rabbi Shalom Rosner, in his collection of...
