RABBI TANI BURTON

Torah Reflections: Conversations on the Weekly Parshah בס”ד Integrating Torah into one’s life through reflection and conversation can be an incredibly fun and engaging experience. It’s a journey of discovery, where ancient wisdom and timeless teachings come to life in our daily experiences. Through reflection, we have the opportunity to… Read More »PARSHAT TOLDOT 5784 – THE BIRTHRIGHT DILEMMA: ETHICAL CHOICES IN THE TALE OF JACOB AND ESAU

Torah Reflections: Conversations on the Weekly Parshah בס”ד Integrating Torah into one’s life through reflection and conversation can be an incredibly fun and engaging experience. It’s a journey of discovery, where ancient wisdom and timeless teachings come to life in our daily experiences. Through reflection, we have the opportunity to… Read More »PARSHAT CHAYEI SARAH 5784 – THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY – UNVEILING MEANING IN LIFE’S NEGOTIATIONS

Torah Reflections: Conversations on the Weekly Parshah בס”ד Integrating Torah into one’s life through reflection and conversation can be an incredibly fun and engaging experience. It’s a journey of discovery, where ancient wisdom and timeless teachings come to life in our daily experiences. Through reflection, we have the opportunity to… Read More »PARSHAT VAEIRA 5784 – EXPLORING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL

Torah Reflections: Conversations on the Weekly Parshah בס”ד Integrating Torah into one’s life through reflection and conversation can be an incredibly fun and engaging experience. It’s a journey of discovery, where ancient wisdom and timeless teachings come to life in our daily experiences. Through reflection, we have the opportunity to… Read More »PARSHAT LECH LECHA 5784 – THE SPIRITUALITY OF WEALTH

Torah Reflections: Conversations on the Weekly Parshah בס”ד Integrating Torah into one’s life through reflection and conversation can be an incredibly fun and engaging experience. It’s a journey of discovery, where ancient wisdom and timeless teachings come to life in our daily experiences. Through reflection, we have the opportunity to… Read More »PARSHAT NOACH 5784: FINDING OUR PLACE IN SHABBAT

בס”ד The eleventh of the 13 principles of faith as articulated by Maimonides, states that G-d rewards those who keep His commandments and punishes those who transgress them. This concept is often used to misconstrue G-d as “vengeful” by other religions. But nothing could be further from the truth. Imagine… Read More »THE OPPORTUNITY OF YOM KIPPUR

בס”ד See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil (Deuteronomy 30:15) …therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed (ibid., verse 19) At some point, there was a trend of people wearing large, white t-shirts with the words “CHOOSE LIFE”… Read More »PARSHAT NITZAVIM – VAYELECH: CHOOSE LIFE

בס”ד “This day, the L-rd your G-d commands you to perform these statutes and these decrees, and you shall observe and perform them with all of your heart and all of your soul” (Deuteronomy 26:16) Since the Torah was given at Mount Sinai, what is meant by “this day the… Read More »PARSHAT KI TAVO – TODAY

בס”ד 22 And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree; 23 his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he that is… Read More »PARSHAT KI TEITZEI – IN THE IMAGE OF G-D

בס”ד 19 When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, but you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of… Read More »PARSHAT SHOFTIM – HUG TREES