Rabbi Grossman’s Corner
Parashat Bereishit – Loving siblings
Oct 27, 2016
Over the many days of holiday in the last few weeks, my family has been playing the game Apples to Apples. In each round, one player is the judge and must decide which among the cards the other players submit best represents the adjective revealed at the beginning of...
Sukkot
Oct 20, 2016
We packed a lot of Sukkot activities into our very short week. Many of our classes were able to visit our school sukkah before the rain started. They enjoyed a sweet treat of challah and honey, made the blessings on the lulav and etrog and had a little lesson...
Parashat Ha-Azinu – Even God takes a deep breath and counts to 10.
Oct 12, 2016
The four-year-old wasn’t listening. The husband was frustrated. He removed the child’s TV privileges for the rest of the week. And then he left for work. And the wife was left home with a four-year-old to entertain for the rest of the week without television. Who...
Parashat Va-Yelekh – To hear and to learn
Oct 6, 2016
This Rosh Hashanah I loved sitting in synagogue with my daughters. But I didn’t always. I always loved synagogue, but what I enjoyed was the quiet singular purpose of listening, following along in the prayer book, being alone with my thoughts while together with the...