Please enjoy this video d’var Torah for the last days of Pesach and the Counting of the Omer:

Aviva and I began dating in 2003. As Jewish college students who served on the Rutgers Hillel Student Board, one of our talents was finding benefactors for our international travel. There seemed to be no shortage of individuals and organizations who wanted to send dedicated young Jews abroad, mainly to Israel. After dating for just…Read more »

The parshiot of Vayakhel and Pekudei explain, in detail, the various parts and ritual items of the Mishkan, the place where God dwelt among us throughout our desert wanderings. It might seem that studying these details could serve as a painful reminder that, once again, we are not meeting in our sanctuary this Shabbat. However,…Read more »