“You shall be holy, for I, the L‑rd your G‑d, am holy”. Thus begins our parshah this week, Acharei-Kedoshim. The theme that runs throughout this entire parshah—which is quite long and diverse—is that the Jewish people should strive to maintain a separation between the holy and the mundane. The mishkan...
Class of 2015 student– Asher Mayerson’s D’var Torah on Rwanda:
L’shana tovah. “For a good year” – a shortening of l’shana tovah tikatevu v’tihatemu, which means: “May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year.” This phrase is a reference to being inscribed in the Book...
This past Friday was an absolutely spectacular Shabbat. Asher Mayerson led services that hosted one of the largest turnouts of the year, before facilitating a riveting discussion on the morality of God’s actions with respect towards the Egyptians during the exodus, an event described in the week’s parshat. The discussion...
I climbed carefully up a sturdy wall made of old car tires, turning to pose for our group photo. Looking around at the completed walls of the new ecological center, it was incredible to recall that not a single wall stood just one week before. The four rising facades, systematically...
Good evening. I’m Brian Freeman, co-Vice President of Dartmouth Hillel for Fall 2010, and I’d like to welcome the ’14s to Dartmouth and to Hillel’s Kol Nidre services. Three years ago, I was sitting right where you are now, taking a break after an overwhelming first few days at Dartmouth....
D’var Torah Madeline Cooper ’16 – May 3, 2013
Shabbat Shalom. In this week’s Parsha the Israelites receive the laws of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. The Sabbatical year occurs every seventh year, and during the Sabbatical year, all work on the land must cease, and all produce becomes communal property. This law – that all...