by RabbiOlivier | Apr 24, 2017 | Torah Reflections
Sh’mini Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47 Merging With The Light As our weekly reading resumes, following the end of Passover, we are met by one of the most mesmerizing stories in Torah: the fiery death of Aharon’s sons Nadav and Avihu. Most rabbis explain their...
by RabbiOlivier | Apr 10, 2017 | Torah Reflections
Passover 5778 Mah Nish’tanah? What has changed? Although we closed the Book of Exodus a couple weeks back, with Passover around the corner, its stories linger still in our consciousness. This is the time of the year, personally, when I delight in re-opening the...
by RabbiOlivier | Apr 3, 2017 | Torah Reflections
VaYikra Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26 The Fire of Divine Love The last few Torah portions of the Book of Exodus were, as we have seen, focused on the building of the Tabernacle in the wilderness; a Sacred Space amidst the traveling Israelite tribes where God came to...
by RabbiOlivier | Mar 20, 2017 | Torah Reflections
Ki Tissa Exodus 30:11 – 34:35 Living Our Lives “All in!” I have been fascinated, this year, by Moses’ spiritual evolution one Torah portion at a time. Since the beginning, I noticed, Moses has been ambivalent toward the Israelites; remaining somewhat...
by RabbiOlivier | Mar 13, 2017 | Torah Reflections
T’tzaveh Exodus 27:20 – 30:10 You Are The Eternal One This week’s Torah portion speaks of the ordination of Aaron and his sons into the priesthood. Ornate garments are designed by the artists among the people for the ceremony, sewn together and decorated...
