Call it what you will (nap time, down time, rest time), but taking time to reset is simply part of good health. And this too is Torah.
D'var from Friday, May 20th - Rabbi David Kosak and d'var from Saturday, May 21st - Rabbi David Kosak. Recorded and edited by Ed Kraus.
One of the complaints occasionally levied at the Conservative movement is that it doesn't stand for anything. It is an argument sometimes made of the center in general. Part of that confusion is that the center is always a place of great pluralism.
People ask me why I chose to keep my maiden name when I married Duncan. There are a few reasons. First, I was already making a name for myself as a Jewish educator, and I didn’t want to lose that name recognition. Second, my sister and I are the only grandchildren on my father’s side; thus, with us the Posen name ends.
How do you look beyond the matzah, the dreidels, and the shofar and make sacred time special time? This too is Torah.
D'var from Friday, May 13th - Rabbi David Kosak and d'var from Saturday, May 14th - Rabbi David Kosak. Recorded and edited by Ed Kraus.
I am not what you might call a “scientific” person. (Shocking, I know.) Numbers, equations, and elements have never really been my strong suit. I had a difficult time getting through every one of the high school science classes I was required to take because my mind simply does not click that way.
