Erev Shabbat + Buffalo Corner Reading
Torah Thoughts – Sh’lach – Numbers.13.1-15.41 – “Championship Aspirations”
I remember when I first caught the World Cup bug. It was back in 1994, and I had just completed my Junior year at Hebrew University. Walking around Jerusalem every screen in every home and every bar was turned to…
Erev Shabbat with Noah Budin
Torah Thoughts – Beha’alotcha – Numbers 8:1-12:16 – “Between the Suns”
Bein Hashmashot, or between the suns, is Hebrew for twilight, the thin layer of light between night and day. On a recent “For Heaven’s Sake” podcast, the host Doniel Hartman declared the entire State of Israel to be caught in…
A Shabbat of Disney Magic
Torah Thoughts – Nasso – Numbers 4:21-7:89 – “Celebrating One Hundred Years of Scouting in WNY”
As a child I always hated packing up my sleeping bag. It was big and fluffy and somehow had to be shoved into a bag so small it could barely carry crackers. I would roll it and reroll it and…
Torah Thoughts – Shavuot – Exodus.19.1-20.23 – “I’m Not Leaving, I’m Expanding”
In a recent post on “My Jewish Learning,” by Rabbi Sara Laufer about the Book of Numbers (Thanks Bob Kanner!) she describes a comic strip by Mari Andrew featuring “two identical drawings of a woman, holding a suitcase, staring at…
Shred-It Event
Torah Thoughts – Numbers.1.1-4.20 – Bamidbar – “Choosing to Be Counted”
This Shabbat we have a very unusual double Bat Mitzvah. Shea and Bryn are two best friends who are celebrating their big day together. But that is not what makes it so unusual. What is particularly noteworthy is that each…