Rabbi Michael Rothbaum
By Rabbi Michael Rothbaum
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Life Prayer for the workers: the drivers, the farm laborers, the delivery men
Editor’s note: This is part of our series “Prayers for a Pandemic.” Read more here. Our God, and God of all Life, We call you Oseh, Maker Yotzer, Crafter Poel, Worker. You, Who labored to build this world in which we live Who calls us to be Po’alei Tzedek, workers of justice — We call…
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Opinion Don’t let the hour go by
I was sitting on our couch, trying to come up with a tidbit to share on Shabbat morning. It had to be short, since I wanted to leave most of the speaking time for our scholar-in-residence, Dr. Susannah Heschel. (Yes, she was amazing. Yes, your shul should bring her.) I flipped through our copy of…
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