Clergy Corner

Rabbi Avi S. Olitzky

Half the Kingdom

Sunday, March 1st, 2009 - 23 Tevet 5730

If you had three wishes, for what would you wish? Are they wishes for yourself? For your family? For others? Are they material items or are they deep-seated needs? We all associate the holiday of Purim with blotting out the (Read More...)

Rain and Resurrection

Monday, October 27th, 2008 - 23 Tevet 5730

Friends, This is the first year I can remember waking up to the sound of pouring rain the day after Shemini Atzeret. I walked to that Simhat Torah morning in the rain, the words of the previous day’s Tefilat Geshem (Read More...)

Blood on Our Hands

Monday, August 4th, 2008 - 23 Tevet 5730

Friends, Incredibly, there is something holy and powerful about watching life swiftly leave a living creature. I was awed. Today, a small band of Beth El and Adath Jeshurun representatives visited the home of Noah’s Ark Processors in Dawson, Minnesota. (Read More...)