Vayechi 5784 - Healing Our Generational Trauma
The following is a sermon I delivered at Valley Temple on Friday evening, December 29th, 2023. In my work with wedding couples, I’ve...
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rabbiaustinzoot
Oct 10, 20234 min read
A War On Two Fronts
There is a war raging in the Middle East. But there is also one being fought on social media. And they both scare me in equal measure. We...
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rabbiaustinzoot
Jan 6, 20233 min read
Vayechi - Maybe No Happy Ending After All...
Jacob is the last of our major patriarchs in Judaism, and his death closes the book of Genesis. Throughout his story, we see a...
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rabbiaustinzoot
Sep 29, 20220 min read
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rabbiaustinzoot
Nov 18, 20217 min read
Vayishlach - What to Do With the Silence...
We have been reading the Torah for over two thousand years. The beauty of such a long relationship with a text is that we have poured...
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rabbiaustinzoot
Nov 3, 20216 min read
Toldot: Family Systems at Work
One of the most damaging notions when thinking about our Torah is to assume the perfection of the characters described. It is not an...
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