by Rabbi Altonaga | Oct 8, 2021 | Rabbi Michael Altonaga, Weekly Parsha
“Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!” I shrieked, upstarting— “Get thee back into the tempest and the Night’s Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door!...
by Rabbi Shaps | Oct 1, 2021 | Rabbi Zischa Shaps, Weekly Parsha
We have all heard the expression “he/she is a work in progress”. Usually it is referring to someone who is somewhat rambunctious or not meeting your expectations. But the truth of the matter is that we are all a work in progress. This week we begin a new cycle of the...
by Rabbi Shaps | Sep 3, 2021 | Nitzavim, Rabbi Zischa Shaps, Rosh Hashana, Weekly Parsha
“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” ― Yogi Berra It is the last Shabbos of the year and Rosh Hashanah is around the corner. Where are we in comparison to a year ago and where do we want to be next year at...
by Rabbi Altonaga | Aug 19, 2021 | Ki Tetze, Parasha, Rabbi Michael Altonaga, Weekly Parsha
The War in Afghanistan seems to be in it’s final stretch nearly 20 years after it began. As many of its results were overturned so quickly, politicians and strategists debate each tactic that was used and discuss alternatives that never saw the light of...
by Rabbi Shaps | Aug 13, 2021 | Rabbi Zischa Shaps, Weekly Parsha
Have you looked in a mirror lately? What do you see? Have you noticed that in a mirror image your right hand seems to be on your left side, and vice-versa? How true is our perspective and are we sure that we are seeing things correctly? In this week’s Torah reading we...
by Rabbi Altonaga | Jul 30, 2021 | Eikev, Rabbi Michael Altonaga, Weekly Parsha
I started talking to people again recently. I suppose I never stopped talking to people digitally, and there were a few people I spoke to in person during all the lock-downs, but multiple in person conversations a day is really novel to me right now. As...
