Parshat Bereshit

Parshat Bereshit

This is a written version of the dvar Torah we jointly gave in Seward Park: Rachel: Shabbat Shalom and thank you for inviting us to give the drasha this morning and to be part of Ohr Chadash.  I don’t think that we’ve ever given a dvar torah together and it was...
Parshat Beha’alotecha

Parshat Beha’alotecha

This clip from g-dcast.com by our friends Jon and Charlie is my favorite d’var torah from this parsha.  My kids sing this song for weeks after we watch it. –...
Parshat Terumah

Parshat Terumah

Rabbi Avi Rosenfeld It is taught that after the Mishkan and all its vessels were complete, the Voice of G-d that  Moshe heard emanated from between the two cheruvim, the two angels atop the Ark described in this week’s parsha (see Shemot 25:18-22). It is a...
Chodesh Nissan

Chodesh Nissan

A thought for Rosh Chodesh:  Jewish mysticism teaches that the tikkun (the dimension of ourselves that has the most potential for being fixed) in this new month of Nissan is dibur–speech.  Our power of speech is one of the ways we have been made in the image of...
Parshat Mishpatim

Parshat Mishpatim

Rabbi Avi Rosenfeld Spirituality is not just found in intense mystical experiences as described in the giving of the Torah at Mt Sinai in last week’s parsha; it’s also most often found in the messiness and seemingly mundane laws of living in a morally...
Parshat Vayakhel

Parshat Vayakhel

Rachel Israel Rosenfeld I’ve been teaching a Hebrew School class to sixth graders this trimester called, “The Dvar Torah Process”.  We don’t actually write dvrei torah in this class but breakdown the process, spending time looking into the...