In memory of my father, Michael Leis z”l As many of you know, my father was killed on Shabbat Shuva – in

Rosh Hashanah Sermon by Rabbi Shoshana Leis for the Year 5784 On our recent trip to Israel, Isaiah and I spontaneously stopped

“In Blackwater Woods” by Mary Oliver Look, the treesare turningtheir own bodiesinto pillarsof light,are giving off the richfragrance of cinnamonand fulfillment,the long

Erev Rosh Hashanah 5783 `Padraig O’ Tuama, in his book In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World, writes:“My favorite poem

It’s been a very hard year for many of us, especially those of us who didn’t have the ability to work from

I opened with singing “ivdu et hashem bsimcha, serve your inner spirit” (translation: Rabbi Jack Gabriel) and asked people to bring to