Housing
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Affordable Housing: A Sukkot Reflection and Charge
This is my D'var Torah for the first day of Sukkot 5784 and Shabbat, September 30, 2023. Sukkot is actually the third part of the High Holy Days. It’s not just Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Sukkot is the zany but nuanced third festival of our kickoff month of Tishrei. And Sukkot is specifically… Continue reading
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Getting Up Close — Advocacy, Daughters of Tzelophechad-Style
This was my Dvar Torah on Parashat Pinchas from July 3, 2021. ותקרבנה בנות צלפחד — Vatikravna Bnot Tzelophechad, they came up close, the daughters of Tzelophechad son of Chefer son of Gilad son of Machir son of Menashe of the families of Menashe son of Yaakov, and these are the names of his daughters:… Continue reading
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