Reflection

  By Rabbi Ben Berger In many ways, for Hillel, much of the summer provides that time or reflection, recuperation, and readying for the year ahead. Despite the obvious challenges

  By Rabbi Mitchell Berkowitz I still hold on to an important lesson I learned from one of my college professors: A compelling message can be shared in two pages

  By Rabbi Devorah Lynn A slim silver lining about this Covid pandemic is that it forces us to see what is here, what is now.  Where can we run?

  By Rabbi Jeffrey Saxe My family today is different from my family of origin in many respects. One example: when I was growing up and we had an occasion

  By Rabbi Adam Raskin There are various memes circulating on social media about the year 2020 (a meme is a picture or an image, often humorous, that is adjusted

  By Rabbi Gerald Serotta The month of Elul and the daily sounding of the shofar provide us a reminder to review our experiences of the past year and to

  By Rabbi Lauren Tuchman Psalm 27, which we traditionally recite twice daily from the beginning of Elul through Hoshana Raba is one of my favorites. It is emotionally complex

  By Rabbi Lia Bass Every year, as we get to the month of Elul, I engage in heshbon hanefesh, the accounting of the soul, the moral stock-taking needed to