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Over The Rainbow: Basking in God’s Light, Celebrating Diversity

Rabbi Stephen Weiss Parshat Noah 2012

That light is always flowing from God and brings our world into being at every moment.

Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly There’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby

Everyone knows that iconic song from The Wizard of Oz. But did you know that the song was initially deleted from the film after a preview in San Luis Obispo, because MGM chief…

Learning How To Forgive

Rabbi Weiss Vayeilekh – Shabbat Shuvah 2012

We could learn much from these categories not just about how to seek forgiveness but also about how to grant it.

The sages explain that there are three types of sin. Chetliterally means to miss the mark, as in archery. It refers to a sin you did not mean to commit. You spoke without thinking and insulted a friend, or you accused someone of stealing…

Save One Life, Save the World

A Response to the Mass Shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida Rabbi Stephen Weiss Shabbat Terumah 2018

They don’t want prayer. They don’t want sympathy. They don’t want platitudes. They want to know that they can go to school… and come home.

Our sages taught that the reason God created only one individual, Adam -- from whom all humanity is descended -- was to teach…