Parashat Beshalach: Signs that God is Present
We arrived to one of those moments in Biblical narrative that are not only culminating, but special: the crossing of the sea of reeds,...
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Jan 21, 2023
Parashat Bo: Choosing the Side of Good or Evil
We are at the end of the plague series. In our parasha we find the last 3 plagues: locusts, darkness and, of course, the worst of all,...
Jan 14, 2023
Parashat Vaera: Learning How to be Free
Sometimes it seems to us that our work is paying off, and it turns out that it is not. Sometimes it seems to us that we are failing in...
Jan 7, 2023
Parashat Shemot: The Leaders & Heroes of Judaism
Who are the leaders and heroes that our tradition gives us? We have seen countless times how our heroes are beings of flesh and blood,...
Dec 31, 2022
Parashat Vayechi: The Purity of Love Between Grandparents & Grandchildren
We are concluding the first book of the Torah, Genesis. If we take a step back and look in perspective, after the surprising and...
Dec 31, 2022
Chosen Messi
As I write this, some days ago Argentina became the world champion for the third time in the history of the World Cup of Football...
Dec 24, 2022
Parashat Vayigash: Hate Between Brothers
Sinat achim. Hate between brothers. The word hate is something strong. But so it is when siblings stop talking to each other. This week’s...
Dec 17, 2022
Parashat Miketz: Deception and Perception
We often say that appearances are deceiving. It is a well-known saying. And it is in the Torah above all. Through the different parashot...
Dec 10, 2022
Parashat Vayeshev: We Are Not Unique
It’s amazing how, in most cases, we need life or someone to shake us to react and change. We require an event, or strong words, or even...
Dec 3, 2022
Parashat Vayishlach: Running From Ourselves
What do we run from when we run? We do not always have the integrity, nor the wisdom, nor the strength to face those people or things...
Nov 30, 2022
My Pathway
We have known one another for more than a year now and I have never told you who I am or why I decided to be a Rabbi. I grew up in the...
Nov 26, 2022
Parashat Vayetze: Everything Has a Remedy
This parasha invites us to check a very special process: the one about how a complicated, intricate and twisted person in his...
Nov 19, 2022
Parashat Toldot: There are No Perfect Parents
וַֽיִּגְדְּלוּ֙ הַנְּעָרִ֔ים וַיְהִ֣י עֵשָׂ֗ו אִ֛ישׁ יֹדֵ֥עַ צַ֖יִד אִ֣ישׁ שָׂדֶ֑ה וְיַעֲקֹב֙ אִ֣ישׁ תָּ֔ם יֹשֵׁ֖ב אֹהָלִֽים׃ וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב...
Nov 12, 2022
Parashat Chayei-Sarah: Looking Back at Our Life
The book of Melachim begins with the story of the old King David. An image that shows a king who can no longer rule his kingdom, nor his...
Nov 5, 2022
Parashat Vayera: We are All Little Avrahams & Sarahs
What an amazingly rich parasha! Rich in feelings, in challenges, in renunciations, in confrontations, in transgressions. It narrates the...
Oct 30, 2022
Is Judaism Pro-Choice?
Is Judaism “abortionist”? A question that may bother many. A sensitive issue that divides societies and, in American society, it seems to...
Oct 29, 2022
Parashat Lech Lecha: Why does evil exist?
“The Lord said to Avram: Leave your land, your birthplace, your father’s house.” What can this be compared to? To a man who travels from...
Oct 22, 2022
Parashat Noach: Integrity is Better than Greatness
Probably the most well-known pasuk in our parashah this week is the first: Noach ish tzadik hayah bedorotav. Noach was a righteous man in...
Oct 19, 2022
Parashat Bereshit: Believing in Humanity Despite Itself
We start again. The cycle that we hope will never be interrupted, in which we finish the reading of the Torah and immediately restart it...
Oct 8, 2022
Parashat Sukkot: A Prescription for Happiness
Kohelet, Ecclesiastes, is the Megilah we read in the Sukkot. It reminds us that there is a time for everything in life, while wondering...
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