Shemini | Rabbi Michael Siegel | April 11, 2026
The Eighth Day: The Infinite That is Within Our Grasp Parshat Shimini Rabbi Michael S. Siegel April 11, 2026 How many of us ever find ourselves counting with our fingers? For children, fingers provide a tangible representation of quantities, making addition and subtraction easier to grasp. But counting is so much more than keeping track or measuring on our fingers Continue Reading »
Shemini | Rabbi Michael Siegel | April 26, 2025
Remembering Pope Francis Through a Jewish Lens Parshat Shemini 2025 Rabbi Michael Siegel An oxymoron is a figure of speech, usually one or two words, in which seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side. Here are a few examples: alone together bittersweet deafening silence deceptively honest Oxymoron comes from the Greek word oksús (meaning “keen”) and Continue Reading »
Shemini | Rabbi Michael Siegel | April 15, 2023
Shemini | Rabbi Michael Siegel | April 18, 2020
Hello Darkness My old friend I’ve come to talk with you again Growing up in the 60s, one of my favorite songs was The Sound of Silence, by Simon and Garfunkel. This song captured the mood of a turbulent generation: the assassination of JFK, the war in Vietnam, and the civil rights movement. It spoke Continue Reading »
