We will greet the new month of Nissan this coming Wednesday at sunset on March 25th and Thursday March 26th. The month of Nissan is called the "Chodesh Ha'Aviv" the month of Spring. The spring air makes us aware of the new life emerging in nature and reminds us to also pay attention to the new energies stirring within us, including an influx of grace and compassion in this month. This is a challenging and scary time for most of us, so it is good to know that the month of Niss

A Vorker Account “These are the reckonings of the Tabernacle” (Sh'mos 38:21) Here we are reading “Eileh pekudei haMishkan”; this is the account of the Tabernacle. (Sh'mos 38:21) Moshe Rabbeinu gives us an account. What kind of an account is Moshe Rabbeinu giving? In the grocery store, I have an account. In the butcher store I have an account, in the bank I have an account. With my own wife, my own children, with most people, I don't have an account. For some reason, everythin

Let's Try Again And Moses gathered the entire assembly of the children of Israel (Sh'mos 35:1) Some of us think we can go to shul and pray without feeling close to G-d, but praying without feeling close doesn’t go. The Holy Temple is the headquarters of prayer. Before you build the Beis HaMikdash, before you build a house of prayer, you have to be close to G-d. Therefore, when Moshe Rabbeinu gathers the Yidden, he first tells them about Shabbos and then about the building of