Rabbi Gail Fisher

Yesterday morning, I gave a presentation at a retirement center about the holiday of Passover. I talked about how the teaching is that we...

We are now about to start reading in the book of Leviticus. Many people find this book difficult because of its detailed focus on...

What if you were told that a loving parent was going to wrap his arms around you to protect you from distress for a while? That you could...

The Torah portion for this coming Shabbat is Vayechi, which is Genesis 47:28 – 50:26. It includes a beautiful deathbed scene, one that...

Here comes Chanukah, Festival of Lights! This year, it starts at sunset tomorrow (Sunday, December 2, 2018), although it ALWAYS starts at...

I have given this post a tremendous amount of thought, starting after the mailing of the pipe bombs. The recent shootings at Tree of Life...

We have just finished the High Holyday season for another year, and I hope that it was meaningful for you. Now we’re in the middle of the...

My little congregation that I serve in a local retirement community asked me to speak to them about repentance, forgiveness, and...

We are now in the month of Elul, the month prior to the High Holydays in which we can start taking stock of our lives, reviewing the past...

שבת שלום The Torah portion for August 11, 2018, is רְאֵ֗ה, which is Deuteronomy 11:26 – 16:17. This portion reiterates commandments for...

D’var Torah 4/9/18 שבת שלום Once again, we have a parasha with a whole lot of content. Today we read שְּׁמִינִ֔י, which is Lev 9:1 –...

D’var Torah 4/23/18 שבת שלום We have reached the Holiness Code in our weekly readings, the center of the Torah! If you were very careful...

D’var Torah 4/30/18 שבת שלום We are nearing the end of Leviticus. Today’s parasha is אֱמֹ֥ר, which is Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23. The Book of...

D’var Torah 5/7/18 שבת שלום We are reading another double parasha today, the last two parashot of Leviticus. This is בְּהַ֥ר -...

D’var Torah 5/14/18 שבת שלום This week, we begin the Book of Numbers, בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר, with a parasha of the same name. We pick up the...

D’var Torah 5/22/18 שבת שלום We have reached נָשׂ֗א, Numbers 4:21 – 7:89, the longest parasha in the Torah. It is chockful of...

D’var Torah 5/28/18 שבת שלום Our Torah portion for this week is בְּהַֽעֲלֹֽתְךָ֙, which is Numbers 8:1-12:16. It has a lot of material in...

D’var Torah 6/4/18 שבת שלום This parasha brings us to the border of the Promised Land! We read today שְׁלַח לְךָ֣ which is Numbers...

D’var Torah 6/11/18 שבת שלום Our parasha for today is קֹ֔רַח, which is Numbers 16:1 – 18:32. Last week, the scouts came back concerned...

We wrote and shared a D'var Torah (commentary on the weekly Torah portion) every week during rabbinic school. I will share other...