Each week, I intend to write a brief “Taste of Shabbat” to share with you some of my own reflections on the week. I hope this will be a mutually beneficial exercise to help capture some of the spiritually enlightening moments that we all experience each week, but tend to forget in the rush of our busy lives. I welcome your comments and feedback as we journey together, from Shabbat to Shabbat, higher and higher.
– Rabbi Uri
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- 12\21\2023 – A Taste of Kesher for Shabbat
- 12\15\2023 – A Taste of Dreams for Shabbat
- 12\08\2023 – A Taste of Israel’s Light for Shabbat
- 11\17\2023 – A Taste of Endless Light for Shabbat
- 11\10\2023 – A Taste of a Rally for Shabbat
- 11\03\2023 – A Taste of Sacks’ Shabbat
- 10\27\2023 – A Taste of Yom Rabin for Shabbat
- 10\20\2023 – A Taste of an Empty Table for Shabbat
- 10\13\2023 – A Taste of Israel for Shabbat
- 10\06\2023 – A Taste of Aravot for Shabbat
- 09\29\2023 – A Taste of Schach for Shabbat
- 09\22\2023 – A Taste of Radiance for Shabbat
- 09\15\2023 – A Taste of Rosh Hoshanah
- 09\08\2023 – A Taste of the Last Shabbat of the Year
- 09\01\2023 – A Taste of Recovery for Shabbat
- 08\25\2023 – A Taste of UMD for Shabbat
- 08\18\2023 – A Taste of Heinz for Shabbat
- 08\11\2023 – A Taste of the ’80s for Shabbat
- 08\04\2023 – A Taste of Immortality for Shabbat
- 07\28\2023 – A Taste of Judicial Reform for Shabbat
- 07\21\2023 – A Taste of Herzog for Shabbat
- 07\14\2023 – A Taste of JFK for Shabbat
- 07\06\2023 – A Taste of Urgency for Shabbat
- 06\30\2023 – A Taste of the Mountaintop for Shabbat
- 06\23\2023 – A Taste of Violence for Shabbat
- 06\16\2023 – A Taste of a Bat Mitzvah for Shabbat
- 06\09\2023 – A Taste of a Thief for Shabbat
- 06\02\2023 – A Taste of Squirrel Hill for Shabbat
- 05\25\2023 – A Taste of our Youth for Shabbat
- 05\19\2023 – A Taste of Yom HaMiYuchas for Shabbat
- 05\12\2023 – A Taste of Rockets for Shabbat
- 05\05\2023 – A Taste of a Heart for Shabbat
- 04\28\2023 – A Taste of Today for Shabbat
- 04\21\2023 – A Taste of the Starship for Shabbat
- 03\31\2023 – A Taste of Darkness for Shabbat
- 03\24\2023 – A Taste of Israel for Shabbat
- 03\10\2023 – A Taste of Hope for Shabbat
- 03\03\2023 – A Taste of Terror for Shabbat
- 02\24\2023 – A Taste of Hate for Shabbat
- 02\17\2023 – A Taste of Codex Sassoon for Shabbat
- 02\10\2023 – A Taste of an Earthquake for Shabbat
- 02\03\2023 – A Taste of Selma for Shabbat
- 01\27\2023 – A Taste of Poland for Shabbat
- 01\20\2023 – A Taste of Timekeeping for Shabbat
- 01\13\2023 – A Taste of Heschel for Shabbat
- 01\06\2023 – A Taste of our Tallit for Shabbat
- 12/23/2022 – A Taste of Berlin for Shabbat
- 12/09/2022 – A Taste of Letting Go for Shabbat
- 11/04/2022 – A Taste of a Book Drive for Shabbat
- 10/28/2022 – A Taste of FIDF for Shabbat
- 10/21/2022 – A Taste of Boot Camp for Shabbat
- 10/14/2022 – A Taste of a Cheerleader for Shabbat
- 10/07/2022 – A Taste of Michelob for Shabbat
- 09/30/2022 – A Taste of #Papergate for Shabbat
- 09/23/2022 – A Taste of the Shofar for Shabbat
- 09/16/2022 – A Taste of Miry’s List for Shabbat
- 09/09/2022 – A Taste of Chutzpah for Shabbat
- 08/26/2022 – A Taste of Elul for Shabbat
- 08/19/2022 – A Taste of my turn for Shabbat
- 07/22/2022 – A Taste of Museums for Shabbat
- 07/15/2022 – A Taste of the IBD for Shabbat
- 07/08/2022 – A Taste of Voting for Shabbat
- 07/01/2022 – A Taste of Uvalde for Shabbat
- 06/24/2022 – A Taste of Leadership for Shabbat
- 06/16/2022 – A Taste of Maharat for Shabbat
- 06/10/2022 – A Taste of Yelp for Shabbat
- 05/27/2022 – A Taste of Yerushalyim for Shabbat
- 05/13/2022 – A Taste of an Israel Mission for Shabbat
- 02/18/2022 – A Taste of Choni for Shabbat
- 02/11/2022 – A Taste of Graduation for Shabbat
- 02/04/2022 – A Taste of D1 for Shabbat
- 01/28/2022 – A Taste of the Hall of Fame for Shabbat
- 01/21/2022 – A Taste of Colleyville for Shabbat
- 01/14/2022 – A Taste of the Sea for Shabbat
- 01/07/2022 – A Taste of Omicron for Shabbat
- 12\17\2021 – A Taste of Kentucky for Shabbat
- 12\10\2021 – A Taste of Rain for Shabbat
- 11\19\2021 – A Taste of Macroscopy for Shabbat
- 11\12\2021 – A Taste of Kristallnacht for Shabbat
- 11\05\2021 – A Taste of Sigd for Shabbat
- 10\29\2021 – A Taste of Burial Plots for Shabbat
- 10\22\2021 – A Taste of Afghan Refugees for Shabbat
- 10\07\2021 – A Taste of a Rainbow for Shabbat
- 09\24\2021 – A Taste of the Iron Dome for Shabbat
- 09\17\2021 – A Taste of Ourselves for Shabbat
- 09\09\2021 – A Taste of a Silver Medal for Shabbat
- 09\03\2021 – A Taste of the Last Shabbat of the Year
- 08\27\2021 – A Taste of Puerto Rico for Shabbat
- 08\20\2021 – A Taste of our Material World for Shabbat
- 08\13\2021 – A Taste of our Gates for Shabbat
- 08\06\2021 – A Taste of the Surfside Memorial for Shabbat
- 07\16\2021 – A Taste of Netflix for Shabbat
- 07\09\2021 – A Taste of Surfside for Shabbat
- 07\02\2021 – A Taste of Actions for Shabbat
- 06\25\2021 – A Taste of Mr Bill for Shabbat
- 06\18\2021 – A Taste of Juneteenth for Shabbat
- 06\11\2021 – A Taste of Archives for Shabbat
- 06\04\2021 – A Taste of Manna for Shabbat
- 05\28\2021 – A Taste of Goliath for Shabbat
- 05\21\2021 – A Taste of the Papas for Shabbat
- 05\14\2021 – A Taste of Shalom for Shabbat
- 05\07\2021 – A Taste of Yom HaMiYuchas for Shabbat
- 04\30\2021 – A Taste of Forgiveness for Shabbat
- 04\23\2021 – A Taste of the OU for Shabbat
- 04\16\2021 – A Taste of Food Insecurity for Shabbat
- 04\08\2021 – A Taste of Albania for Shabbat
- 04\02\2021 – A Taste of Israeli Elections for Shabbat
- 03\26\2021 – A Taste of Pesachim for Shabbat
- 03\19\2021 – A Wise Taste of Shabbat
- 03\12\2021 – A Taste of Questions for Shabbat
- 03\05\2021 – A Taste of Adi for Shabbat
- 02\26\2021 – A Taste of Purim
- 02\19\2021 – A Taste of Mars for Shabbat
- 02\12\2021 – A Taste of Bob Ross for Shabbat
- 02\05\2021 – A Taste of Rav Twerski for Shabbat
- 01\29\2021 – A Taste of an Etrog for Shabbat
- 01\15\2021 – A Taste of Shvat for Shabbat
- 01\01\2021 – A Taste of who’s first for Shabbat
- 12\25\2020 – A Taste of Pardons for Shabbat
- 12\18\2020 – A Taste of Google for Shabbat
- 12\10\2020 – A Taste of a Vaccine for Shabbat
- 12\04\2020 – A Taste of Rabbi Sacks for Shabbat
- 11\27\2020 – A Taste of White Flags for Shabbat
- 11\20\2020 – The Sacred Smell of Shabbat
- 11\13\2020 – A Taste of an Obituary for Shabbat
- 11\05\2020 – A Taste of Soupergirl for Shabbat
- 10\30\2020 – A Taste of Pittsburgh for Shabbat
- 10\22\2020 – A Taste of Purple Shabbat
- 10\16\2020 – A 101st Taste of Shabbat
- 10\08\2020 – A Taste of the Stars for Shabbat
- 10\02\2020 – A Taste of a Repairman for Shabbat
- 09\25\2020 – A Taste of a Yom Kippur Derasha for Shabbat
- 09\17\2020 – A Taste of a Rosh Hashanah Derasha for Shabbat
- 09\11\2020 – A Taste of the Last Shabbat of the Year
- 09\04\2020 – A Taste of Wonderland for Shabbat
- 08\28\2020 – A Taste of a Flamingo for Shabbat
- 08\21\2020 – A Taste of a Slam Dunk for Shabbat
- 08\14\2020 – A Taste of Agunot for Shabbat
- 08\07\2020 – A Taste of Steinsaltz for Shabbat
- 07\31\2020 – A Taste of Good Trouble for Shabbat
- 07\24\2020 – A Taste of Dissonance for Shabbat
- 07\17\2020 – A Taste of a Masked Shofar for Shabbat
- 07\10\2020 – A Taste of Outrage for Shabbat
- 06\12\2020 – A Taste of Innocence for Shabbat
- 06\05\2020 – A Taste of Healing for Shabbat
- 05\28\2020 – A Taste of SpaceX for Shavuot
- 05\22\2020 – A Taste of 16 Rabbis for Shabbat
- 05\15\2020 – A Taste of Simcha for Shabbat
- 05\08\2020 – A Taste of Leadership for Shabbat
- 05\01\2020 – A Taste of the Shabbat Table
- 04\24\2020 – A Taste of our Eyes for Shabbat
- 04\06\2020 – A Taste of Uninvited Guests for Pesach
- 04\02\2020 – A Taste of Shabbat HaGadol
- 03\27\2020 – A Taste of Fruit Trees for Shabbat
- 03\24\2020 – Pesach 5780 in Aspen Hill – Schedule, Guidelines, Chametz Sale
- 03\19\2020 – A Taste of the Divine for Shabbat
- 03\13\2020 – A Taste of COVID-19 for Shabbat
- 03\06\2020 – A Taste of a Pulver Purim for Shabbat
- 02\28\2020 – A Taste of Vinahafochu for Shabbat
- 02\13\2020 – A Taste of Family for Shabbat
- 02\07\2020 – A Taste of Trees for Shabbat
- 01\31\2020 – A Taste of a Peace Plan for Shabbat
- 01\24\2020 – A Taste of Knowing Thy Neighbor this Shabbat
- 01\17\2020 – A Taste of Coexistence for Shabbat
- 01\10\2020 – A Taste of Pre-Planning for Shabbat
- 01\03\2020 – A Taste of the Brooklyn Bridge for Shabbat
- 12\20\2019 – A Taste of Impeachment for Shabbat
- 12\13\2019 – A Taste of Jersey City for Shabbat
- 12\06\2019 – A Taste of the Eruv for Shabbat
- 11\22\2019 – A Taste of a Divided House for Shabbat
- 11\15\2019 – A Taste of Sarai for Shabbat
- 11\08\2019 – A Taste of an XY Shabbat
- 11\01\2019 – A Taste of a Purple Shabbat
- 10\25\2019 – A Taste of Pittsburgh for Shabbat
- 10\11\2019 – A Taste of the Rest of the Year
- 10\04\2019 – A Taste of the Moon for Shabbat
- 09\27\2019 – A Taste of the last Shabbat of the Year
- 09\19\2019 – A Taste of Israeli Elections for Shabbat
- 09\13\2019 – A Taste of Beyond Burgers for Shabbat
- 09\06\2019 – A Taste of Asymmetry for Shabbat
- 08\30\2019 – A Taste of the Shofar for Shabbat
- 08\23\2019 – A Taste of the Shin Bet for Shabbat
- 08\16\2019 – A Taste of Red Lines for Shabbat
- 08\09\2019 – A Taste of Trauma for Shabbat
- 08\02\2019 – A Taste of Anger for Shabbat
- 07\26\2019 – A Taste of our Holidays for Shabbat
- 07\19\2019 – A Taste of a Curse for Shabbat
- 07\12\2019 – A Taste of Concentration Camps for Shabbat
- 06\28\2019 – A Taste of the West Bank for Shabbat
- 06\20\2019 – A Taste of Survival for Shabbat
- 06\14\2019 – A Taste of Father’s Day for Shabbat
- 06\07\2019 – A Taste of our Strengths for Shabbat
- 05\31\2019 – A Taste of Good Yichus for Shabbat
- 05\24\2019 – A Taste of Fire for Shabbat
- 05\17\2019 – A Taste of Eurovision for Shabbat
- 05\10\2019 – A Taste of Endurance for Shabbat
- 05\03\2019 – A Taste of the Warsaw Ghetto for Shabbat
- 04\12\2019 – A Taste of a Crash Landing for Shabbat
- 04\05\2019 – A Taste of Closure for Shabbat
- 03\29\2019 – A Trifecta-Taste of Shabbat
- 03\22\2019 – A Taste of Dependence for Shabbat
- 03\15\2019 – A Taste of Appreciation for Shabbat
- 03\08\2019 – A Taste of a Fourfold Song for Shabbat
- 03\01\2019 – A Taste of the Eshel Pledge for Shabbat
- 02\21\2019 – A Taste of Beresheet for Shabbat
- 02\15\2019 – A Taste of Reconciliation for Shabbat
- 02\07\2019 – A Taste of Interfaith-ish for Shabbat
- 02\01\2019 – A Taste of Addiction for Shabbat
- 01\25\2019 – A Taste of Amiad Yisrael for Shabbat
- 01\18\2019 – A Taste of Blindness for Shabbat
- 01\11\2019 – A Christian Taste of Shabbat
- 01\04\2019 – A Taste of What We Do Not Know for Shabbat
- 12\21\2018 – A Taste of Prison for Shabbat
- 12\14\2018 – A Taste of Family for Shabbat
- 12\07\2018 – A Taste of Tikkun for Shabbat
- 11\30\2018 – A Taste of Shabbat
- 11\16\2018 – A Taste of a Bedeken for Shabbat
- 11\09\2018 – A Taste of Failure for Shabbat
- 11\01\2018 – A Taste of a Squirrel Hill Street Corner for Shabbat
- 10\26\2018 – A Taste of the Quran for Shabbat
- 10\19\2018 – A Taste of our Spiritual Vocabulary for Shabbat
- 10\12\2018 – A Taste of Banksy for Shabbat
- 10\05\2018 – A Taste of a Taste for Shabbat
- 09\21\2018 – A Taste of Homeless Kit Bags for Shabbat
- 09\14\2018 – A Taste of Just the Way You Are for Shabbat
- 09\07\2018 – A Taste of Apologies for Shabbat
- 08\31\2018 – A Taste of Captivity for Shabbat
- 08\24\2018 – A Taste of Totality’s Anniversary for Shabbat
- 08\17\2018 – A Taste of Sunset for Shabbat
- 08\10\2018 – A Taste of the Arizona Border for Shabbat
- 07\27\2018 – A Taste of Rigidity for Shabbat
- 07\20\2018 – A Taste of Havdalah for Shabbat
- 07\06\2018 – A Taste of Kashrut for Shabbat
- 06\29\2018 – A Taste of the Ring House for Shabbat
- 06\22\2018 – A Taste of our Borders for Shabbat
- 06\15\2018 – A Taste of a Black Hole for Shabbat
- 06\08\2018 – A Taste of Spies for Shabbat
- 06\01\2018 – A Taste of 40 for Shabbat
- 05\25\2018 – A Taste of a Matriarch for Shabbat
- 05\18\2018 – A Taste of Kindness for Shabbat
- 05\11\2018 – A Taste of Rebuke for Shabbat
- 05\04\2018 – A Taste of a Dunk Tank for Shabbat
- 04\27\2018 – A Taste of Bringing My Child To Work for Shabbat
- 04\20\2018 – A Taste of Destiny for Shabbat
- 04\13\2018 – A Taste of the Aleph-Bet for Shabbat
- 11/10/2017: A Taste of The Siddur
- 11/3/2017: A Taste of A Watch Party
- 10/27/2017: A Taste of Purple and Pink
- 07/14/2017: A Taste of Druze
- 07/07/2017: A Taste of The Kotel
- 06/30/2017: A Taste of The iPhone
- 06/09/2017: A Taste of Three Faiths
- 04/28/2017: A Taste of Tennessee
- 04/21/2017: A Taste of Baal Shem Tov
- 04/14/2017: A Taste of The Fifth Cup
- 04/7/2017: A Taste of Our Anniversary
- 03/31/2017: A Taste of Infertility
- 03/24/2017: A Taste of Spring
- 03/17/2017: A Taste of An Intergenerational Shabbat
- 03/10/2017: A Taste of Adloyadah
- 03/03/2017: A Taste of Our Cemeteries
- 02/24/2017: A Taste of Tattoos
- 02/17/2017: A Taste of Holy Beggars
- 02/10/2017: A Taste of Paperclips
- 02/03/2017: A Taste of Women’s Leadership
- 01/27/2017: A Taste of Dragonfruit
- 01/20/2017: A Taste of our Burning Bush
- 01/13/2017: A Taste of a Bridge
- 01/06/2017: A Taste of Tohar HaNeshek
- 12/30/2016: A Taste of Montana
- 12/23/2016: A Taste of A Wider Circle
- 12/16/2016: A Taste of Racial Profiling
- 12/09/2016: A Taste of Lutherans
- 12/02/2016: A Taste of Fire
- 11/23/2016: A Taste of ADL
- 11/18/2016: A Taste of Bikur Cholim
- 11/11/2016: A Taste of Trump
- 11/04/2016: A Taste of Holy Messengers
- 10/28/2016: A Taste of Yizkor
- 10/21/2016: A Taste of Ushpizin
- 10/14/2016: A Taste of Dreaming
- 10/7/2016: A Taste of Garbage Day
- 09/30/2016: A Taste of This Year’s Last Shabbat
- 09/23/2016: A Taste of A Threat
- 09/16/2016: A Taste of Being G-d Fearing
- 09/09/2016: A Taste of Library of Congress
- 09/02/2016: A Taste of Hurricane
- 08/26/2016: A Taste of Selma
- 08/19/2016: A Taste of An Outsider
- 08/12/2016: A Taste of Hunger
- 08/05/2016: A Taste of A Glass Half Full
- 07/29/2016: A Taste of Pokemon Go
- 07/22/2016: A Taste of Donkey Talk
- 07/15/2016: A Taste of Republicans
- 07/08/2016: A Taste of #AllLivesMatter
- 07/01/2016: A Taste of Yondr
- 06/24/2016: A Taste of Iftar
- 06/17/2016: A Taste of Orlando
- 06/10/2016: A Taste of Tel Aviv
- 06/03/2016: A Taste of Yom HaMinuchas
- 05/20/2016: A Taste of Shechita
- 05/13/2016: A Taste of Hallel
- 04/15/2016: A Taste of Illustrations
- 04/08/2016: A Taste of Pesach Cleaning
- 04/01/2016: A Taste of Infertility
- 03/18/2016: A Taste of Radical Gratitude
- 03/11/2016: A Taste of Unplugging
- 03/04/2016: A Taste of Eco-Kashrut
- 02/26/2016: A Taste of Numbers
- 02/19/2016: A Taste of Yad Yehuda
- 02/12/2016: A Taste of Mission
- 02/05/2016: A Taste of Inclusion
- 01/29/2016: A Taste of an Etrog
- 01/22/2016: A Taste of Snow
- 01/15/2016: A Taste of our Prophets
- 01/08/2016: A Taste of a Woman’s Kaddish
- 12/25/2015: A Taste of Gila’s Poetry
- 12/18/2015: A Taste of Two Hours
- 12/11/2015: A Taste of a Chuppah
- 12/04/2015: A Taste of Incarceration
- 11/27/2015: A Taste of Mussar
- 11/20/2015: A Taste of Sharon Massachusetts
- 11/13/2015: A Taste of Infertility
- 11/06/2015: A Taste of a Marathon
- 10/30/2015: A Taste of Upscale Burger
- 10/23/2015: A Taste of a Machlis Shabbat
- 10/16/2015: A Taste of Yosef’s Tomb
- 10/09/2015: A Taste of Beginnings
- 10/02/2015: A Taste of Tragedy
- 09/25/2015: A Taste of Mishpachtology
- *Yom Kippur Drasha* 5776: How Do I Want to be Remembered?
- 09/18/2015: A Taste of Wonderland
- *Rosh Hoshana Drasha* 5776 Day 1: The Tale of Two Brains
- *Rosh Hoshana Drasha* 5776 Day 2: The Busy Trap
- 09/11/2015: A Taste of Who is Not Here
- 09/04/2015: A Taste of Pruzbol
- 08/28/2015: A Taste of Universal Design
- 08/21/2015: A Taste of New Orleans
- 08/14/2015: A Taste of San Antonio
- 08/07/2015: A Taste of the Woods
- 07/31/2015: An Out-of-the-Box Taste for Shabbat
- 07/24/2015: A Taste of Not-Fasting
- 07/17/2015: A Taste of Pickles
- 07/10/2015: A Taste of Awe
- A Letter of Solidatory to the AME Church
- 07/03/2015: A Taste of Independence Day
- 06/26/2015: A Taste of Memorials
- 06/19/2015: A Taste of Prayer
- 06/12/2015: A Taste of Global Forum
- 06/05/2015: A Taste of History
- 05/29/2015: A Taste of Houston
- 05/22/2015: A Taste of Shavuot (Guest Post)
- 05/15/2015: A Taste of Remembering
- 05/08/2015: A Taste of Non-Mother’s Day
- 05/01/2015: A Taste of Baltimore
- 04/24/2015: A Taste of Catch-Up
- 04/13/2015: A Taste of Simcha
- 03/27/2015: A Taste of Shabbat with Aspen Hill’s 50th Family!
- 03/20/2015: A Taste of Elections
- 03/13/2015: A Taste at our Tables
- 03/06/2015: A Taste of Shushan
- 02/27/2015: A Taste of Nicanor
- 02/20/2015: A Taste of Joy for Shabbat
- 02/13/2015: A Taste of Shabbat
- 02/06/2015: A Taste Test
- 01/30/2015: A Taste of Rav Shmelke’s Shabbat
- 01/23/2015: A Taste of Shabbat
- 01/16/2015: A Taste of Community Building
- 01/09/2015: A Taste of Humanity
- 01/02/2015: A Taste of Shabbat
- 12/19/2014: A Taste of a Hero
- 12/12/2014: A Taste of a Brother’s Keeper
- 12/05/2014: A Taste of the Unexpected
- 11/14/2014: A Taste of Storytelling
- 11/07/2014: A Taste of a Shabbat Greeting
- 10/31/2014: A Taste of Conversion
- 10/25/2014: A Taste of Hesitation
- 09/19/2014: A Taste of the Last Shabbat
- 09/12/2014 : A Taste of Immersion
- 09/05/2014: A Taste of Attention
- 08/29/2014: A Taste of a Gaurantor
- 08/22/2014: A Taste of Camp
- 08/08/2014: A Taste of Comfort for Shabbat
- 08/01/2014: A Taste of War No More
- 07/25/2014: A Taste of CUFI
- 07/18/2014: A Taste of Hunger for Shabbat
- 07/04/2014: A Taste of Planting
- 06/27/2014: A Taste of Prayer
- 06/20/2014: A Taste of Pause for Shabbat
- 06/06/2014: A Taste of the Mountaintop
- 05/23/2014: A Taste of Receiving
- 05/16/2014: A Taste of Honor
- 05/09/2014: A Taste of Jubilee
- 05/02/2014: A Taste of Memory