This week’s parasha is traditionally the last parasha that is read in the year at Shabbat morning services. Except for the last aliyah, it consists of a poem that was referred to in last week’s parasha. This poem was, according to Deuteronomy, written by Moses at God’s behest in order to warn the people of Continue Reading »
This is my first published article. It was originally written for a class with Rabbi Neil Gillman at the Jewish Theological Seminary when I was in Rabbinical School. In this class Rabbi Gillman wanted each of us to write a personal theology in some form or another. I chose to recast Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles Continue Reading »