by Rabbi Ken Brodkin | Jan 14, 2020 | Posts, Vayechi
A Torah Perspective When we reflect on Bereishit, some might say that we are looking at a Patriarchal world. A world in which fathers—men—define the family and the tribe. In truth, the Imahot were obviously pivotal in defining the family. Nevertheless, reflecting on...
by Rabbi Ken Brodkin | Sep 23, 2019 | Elul, Posts
Did you ever have an experience where you up late in the darkness of night tossing and turning in anxiety? Perhaps about a financial problem or a conflict with your boss or co-worker? Then you wake up to the first rays of light. Suddenly, your mind is fills...
by Rabbi Ken Brodkin | Aug 11, 2019 | Posts
A Moral Crisis A young woman recently asked her father, upon his retirement, if he had fulfilled his life dreams. Her father remarked that his greatest accomplishments were not his business success. Rather, it was the moral choices that he made: standing aside his...
by Rabbi Ken Brodkin | Aug 7, 2019 | Posts
The Roots of Destruction For much of the world, summer is associated with baseball, beaches and BBQs. For us Jews, we think about national crises and existential challenges. Our rabbis say that it all comes down to speech. As the Gemara teaches, the Second Temple was...
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