by Cantor Sally L. Neff | Feb 9, 2020 | D'var Torah, Exodus
This past Shabbat, I was having a conversation with one of our congregants, Lillian Spier. Lillian just turned one-hundred years old. I half-jokingly asked her what the secret was to her longevity. I expected her to talk about being active, making healthy eating...
by Cantor Sally L. Neff | Jan 13, 2011 | D'var Torah, Exodus, Judaism, Music
This week is Shabbat Shirah, the Sabbath during which we read the Song of the Sea from the Torah. This is the moment in the text when the Israelites have finally escaped slavery, and they come upon the Sea of Reeds. Moses holds his staff up and the waters,...