by Josh Warshawsky | Sep 5, 2023 | Divrei Torah
Nitzavim/Vayeilech 5783 – Hayom Harat Olam “Today the world is pregnant with possibility. Today all of creation stands in judgment.” On Rosh Hashanah each year we say this line after every set of shofar blasts. It may look more familiar in the Hebrew: “הַיּוֹם...
by Josh Warshawsky | Aug 29, 2023 | Divrei Torah
Ki Tavo 5783 – Darashti In one of the most famous lines from one of my all time favorite movies, Ferris Bueller looks directly at the camera and says to us, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” It seems...
by Josh Warshawsky | Aug 23, 2023 | Divrei Torah
Ki Teitzeh 5783 – If Only (Lulei) We are now a few days into the month of Elul – a time of introspection and reflection, of looking forward and looking back. This time period need not only be felt with fear and trepidation, but rather with hope and...
by Josh Warshawsky | Aug 23, 2023 | Divrei Torah
Shoftim 5783 – Mah Rabu In a week where we have seen daring and wisdom from our judges and officials in Georgia and around the country, we read parashat Shoftim, where God tells us to set up judges and officials throughout our communities to uphold the law,...
by Josh Warshawsky | Aug 9, 2023 | Divrei Torah
Re’eh 5783 – Lecha Dodi (Corning) “There’s only us, there’s only thisForget regret, or life is yours to missNo other path, no other wayNo day but today” If you know me, you know how much I love musicals. As I was studying this teaching for this...
by Josh Warshawsky | Aug 9, 2023 | Divrei Torah
Ekev 5783 – Ya Ribon One of my favorite comics growing up as a kid was Calvin and Hobbes. I had every anthology book and would read them over and over again. In a classic series of strips from 1992, Calvin has to write a story for a class and ends up going time...
