What’s your favorite part of the bedroom routine with your children? A story? A song? Mine is a recap of the day, and as we see in Pekudei, this too is Torah.
D'var from Saturday, March 5th - Rabbi David Kosak. Recorded and edited by Ed Kraus.
Maimonides, our great Jewish legal expert from the 12th century, created a hierarchy of giving. It’s a series of eight levels, the order of which is based on the relationship between giver and recipient, with level one being the purest form of gift from one human to another.
This past week, we rented Jim Carrey's 1994 odd-ball superhero movie, The Mask, for Amitai to watch. Listening to your kid belly laugh in fits of hysterics is surely one of the most joyous sounds any parent can hear. Thank you, Jim Carrey. Your sense of physical comedy was unique.
The building of the Mishkan was like a giant potluck . . . with a little less pasta salad. This too is Torah.
D'var from Friday, February 26th - Rabbi David Kosak. D'var from Saturday, February 27th - Rabbi David Kosak. Recorded and edited by Ed Kraus.
The excitement over the recent $1.5 billion lottery jackpot now seems like a distant memory. I probably don’t need to confirm this for you, but sadly, I did not win. Still, in my fantasy scenario, the money would have been spent on paying off my rabbinical school debt, setting aside money for my children’s future, some charitable donations to help offset the cost of Jewish education in the community, and a little left over to enjoy as I travelled the world and pursued my passions.
