D'var from Friday, March 25th - Rabbi David Kosak. D'var from Saturday, March 26th - Rabbi David Kosak. Recorded and edited by Ed Kraus.
In Rabbi Isaak’s speech at Congregation Neveh Shalom’s annual meeting last June, he joked that perhaps his title will remain “New Rabbi” and incoming senior rabbi, Rabbi Kosak, will become “Newer Rabbi.” The inside joke is that to some of our life-long members who were around when Rabbi Isaak was installed as senior rabbi, he remained the “new rabbi,” even after 22 years of service to our community.
Another news item caught my attention in recent days. A computer recently beat the world Go champion. Go is the Asian equivalent of chess, and far more complicated than chess, where the machines already outpaced us twenty years ago. That's when IBM's Deep Blue defeated the reigning world champion, Garry Kasparov.
I suppose you could call the ner tamid a “nightlight” for the Israelites. Funny how such a small light is such a huge reminder that we’re not alone. This too is Torah.
I have an addiction to the Food Network. I could spend hours watching other people prepare food, talk about food, and even eat food, but I never end up watching for long stretches of time because it always makes me too hungry. How I wish I could taste or simply just smell the delicious foods being prepared.
You wouldn’t necessarily know it from our current political climate, but manners still count, and Vayikra shows us how. This too is Torah.
D'var from Saturday, March 12th - Rabbi David Kosak. Recorded and edited by Ed Kraus.
