Messages from October 2022

Rabbi O’s Weekly Parsha: Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32)Noah and New York

October 28, 2022
Genesis
Noach

Allthough the story of Noah and the Ark is one of the most famous in the Bible, for many their first exposure to it was as a child. Most people don’t think it’s important enough to go back and view it as an adult. But this story is anything but simple; it contains profound, timeless […]

Rabbi O’s Weekly Parsha: Breishis (Genesis 1:1-6:8)Finding the Strength to Find Yourself

October 21, 2022
Genesis
Bereshit

(Introduction: Cain and Abel were sons of Adam and Eve. Each son brought an offering. Cain’s offering, which was from inferior produce, wasn’t accepted by G-d; Abel’s offering was.) Cain was upset at being rejected; G-d asked, …why are you so angry and why has your face fallen? If you improve yourself, you will be forgiven. But if […]

Rabbi O’s Weekly Parsha: V’Zot HaBracha (Deuteronomy 33-34)Seven Life-Changing Lessons from the Life and Death of Moses

October 14, 2022
Deuteronomy
Vezot Haberakhah

Moses died alone on a mountain with G-d, just as he had been alone with G-d years earlier when he caught sight of a bush in flames and heard the call that changed his life and the moral horizons of the world.There’s no drama related to Moses’ death. There are neither crowds nor weeping. It […]

Rabbi O’s Weekly Parsha: Ha’Azinu (Deuteronomy 32)Basketball’s 3-Point Line and Judaism

October 7, 2022
Deuteronomy
Ha'Azinu

Look at a list of NBA champions and you’ll see that basketball’s history has been dominated by elite, very tall, Centers. Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain dominated the ’60s. They were followed by Kareem in the ’70s and ’80s, Hakeem Olajuwon in the ’90s, and Shaquille O’Neal in the 2000s. But that’s no longer the case. […]