by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields This week’s Torah reading, Parashat Terumah, contains one of the most monumental and significant verses in the entire Torah, (Exodus 25:8) V’asu lee mikdash...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields This Shabbat we read Parashat Mishpatim and it has a special title of being called Shabbat Shekalim, one of the special Shabbatot before the holiday...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields When people use the phrase “take two of these and call me in the morning,” the phrase refers to taking two pills, which can also be called tablets, to help whatever may...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields This week’s Torah Reading, Parashat Beshalach, is the famous story of the parting of the Sea of Reeds. A midrash, rabbinic legend teaches that when the children...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Do you ever give yourself a reminder, perhaps in the form of writing something down, like making a To Do List, putting up a post-it, in a location that is easily seen?...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields When Moses told God that he would not be a good leader, one of Moses’s excuses was that he was not a man of words. That excuse was dismissed as not an issue, because Aaron...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields In Parashat Shemot, a new Pharaoh came to power in Egypt, who did not know Joseph. The new Egyptian leader was scared that the children of Israel would...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields This Shabbat, with the reading of Parashat Vayechi, we conclude the book of Genesis, Sefer Bereshit. When we conclude a book of the Torah, it is customary...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Our Torah Reading, Parashat Vayigash, shows Joseph face to face with his brothers. No matter how many times one reads this story, we may still hold our breath...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Joseph is the classic rags to riches story – although he did not start with rags. Joseph was the favorite son of his father Jacob; he was wrapped in the coat of many colors,...
