D'Var Torah
Essays from the space between tradition and modern life.
Notes on Torah, pastoral work, and the questions that keep asking to be written down.
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D'Var Torah
June 1, 2026
5 min read
On Angels, Sinai and Beethoven's Ninth
A reflection from the BAS Minyan on Kedusha Diyeshiva, the angels at Sinai, and hearing the Ode to Joy as a song of radical amazement.
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Parashah
May 9, 2026
6 min read
Bechukotai: Coping with Curses and Blessings
How a modern non-Orthodox Jew can find meaning in the Tochecha — and what it means to choose one mitzvah and walk modestly with God.
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Reflection
2026
5 min read
Reflections on Interfaith Marriage
Forty-three years of marriage to a Christian Scientist wife, four b'nei mitzvah children, and what a young rabbi learned about love, law, and Jewish peoplehood.
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