A small piece of Pesach Torah: The magid section of the haggadah, which is the heart of the seder, opens with the famous words of הא לחמא עניא. We say, כל דכפין ייתי ויכל. כל דצריך ייתי ויפסח. Let all who are hungry come and eat, let all who are…

“Take a knee.” When I signed onto Facebook after three days offline for Rosh Hashanah and Shabbat, the message I saw over and over was “take a knee.” At first, I was confused by the sudden call to take a knee, knowing that Colin Kaepernick still hadn’t been signed by…

What do you say on a day like today? 16 years. The sky is blue again. The world moved on, except that it hasn’t really, because nothing ever will be the same again. …

Note: A version of this post was originally delivered as a d’var torah at Darkhei Noam in New York City for Parshat Re’eh. I don’t know what to say. I’m not supposed to say that. I’m an educator. I learn and teach Torah for a living. I talk for a…