This Week In Torah

This Week In Torah with Rabbi Matt Cutler

4-11-2025 Let's Make your Seder More Personal

It has been quite a year since we gathered around the seder table. There are still hostages being held in Gaza by Hamas. The war that is raging between Hamas & Israel is claiming lives each day. We pray for the release of those being held and a lasting peace to be established...

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Prior Weeks

4-11-2025 Weekly Column for Passover

4-4-2025 VaYikra

3-28-2025 Pekudei

3-21-2025 Vayakhel

3-14-2025 Fighting Anti-Semitism: The Purim Edition

3-7-2025 Titzevah

2-28-2025 Terumah

2-21-2025 Mishpatim

2-14-25 Yitro

2-7-25 B'Shallach

1-31-25 Bo

1-24-25 Vaera

1-17-24 Yom Garbayim "Sock Shabbat"

1-10-2025 Vayechi

1-3-2025 VaYigash

12-27-2024 Hanukkah Presence

12-20-2024 Vayeshev

12-13-24 Vayishlach

12-6-24 Vayetzei

11-29-24 Toldot

11-22-24 Chaye Sarah

11-15-24 Vayera

11-8-24 Lech L'Cha

11-1-24 Noach

10-25-24 Bereshit

10-18-24 For the Love of Sukkot

10-11-24 After Yom Kippur, then What?

10-4-24 The meaning of Shabbat Shuvah

9-27-24 Nitzavim/Vayelech

9-20-24 Ki Tavo

9-13-24 Key Tetsei

9-6-24 Shofteim

7-26-24 Pinchas

6-28-24 Shelach L’cha

6-21-24 BeHa’alotecha

6-14-24 Standing (again) At Sinai

6-7-24 Join Me Monday Night at Schenectady City Hall

5-31-24 Bechukotai

5-24-24 Behar

5-17-24 Emor

5-10-24 Kedoshim

5-3-24 Acharei Mot

4-5-24 Shemini

3-29-24 Tzav

3-22-24 It is Purim time

3-15-24 Pekudei

3-8-24 Vayakhel

3-1-24 Ki Tisa

2-23-24 Re entry to Israel

2-16-24 Column on Israel

2-9-24 Mishpatim

2-2-24 Yitro

1-26-24 B'Shallach

1-19-24 Join Me On The Federation's Solidarity Trip to Israel

1-12-24 Vaera

1-5-24 Shemot

12-29-23 Vayekhi

12-22-23 Vayigash

12-15-23 Miketz

12-8-23 Vayashev

12-1-23 Vayishlach

11-24-23 VaYatze

11-17-23 Toldot

11-10-23 Chaye Sarah

11-3-23 Vayera

10-27-23 This is Hitting Close to Home

10-20-23 Noach

10-13-23 How do we cope

10-6-23 A familiar Ending and a new beginning

9-29-23 Sukkot

9-22-23 Yom Kippur

9-15-23 Erev Rosh Hashanah

9-8-23 Nitzavim- Vayeilech

9-1-23 Ki Tavo

8-25-23 Ki Teitzei: no written message

8-18-23 Shoftim: no written message

8-11-23 Re'eh: no written message

8-4-23 Eikev

7-28-23 Ve'echanan

7-21-23 Devarim

7-14-23 Matot-Masei

7-7-23 Pinchas

6-30-23 No service at CGOH Community Shabbat- no written message

6-23-23 Korach

6-16-23 Shalach L'cha

6-9-23 no written message

6-2-23 Naso Part 2

Naso Part 1 5-26-23

B'mdbar 5-19-23

Defining the Importance of Jubilee 5-12-23

Emor 5/5/23

Acharei Mot-Kiddushim 4/28/23

Tazria/Metsora 4/21/23

Why is counting important 4/14/23

Making Pesach 4/7/23

Let's Talk Israel 3/31/23

Vayikra 3/24/23

Vayakel Pekudaiib 3/17/23

Ki Tisa 3/10/23

Tetzaveh 3/3/23

Terumah 2/24/23

Mishpatim 2/17/23

Yitro 2/10/23

B'Shelach 2/3/23

Bo 1/27/23

Vaera 1/20/23

Shemot 1/13/23

Vayechi 1/6/23

Va Yigash 12/30/22

Miketz 12/23/22

Thank you to Michelle 12/16/22

Va'yishlash 12/9/22

VaYetze 12/2/22

Toldot 11/25/22

Chaye Sarah 11/18/22

Va'Yera 11/11/22

Lech L’cha 11/4/22

Noach 10/28/22

Bereshit 10/21/22

Simchat Torah 10/14/22

Ha'azini 10/7/22

Kol Nidrei: Challenge & Motives 9/30/22

A Word before Rosh Ha Shanah 9/23/22

The Mystical meaning of the Sounds of The Shofar 9/16/22

Kei Titsei 9/9/22

Shoftheim 9/2/22

Ekev 8/19/22

Vetchanan 8/12/22

Devarim 8/5/22

Shalach L'cha 6-24-22

Beha'alotecha 6-17-22

Naso 6-10-22

B'Midbar 6-3-22

Let's talk about Gun Violence 5-27-22

B'Har 5-20-22

Emor 5-13-22

Kedushin 5-6-22

Israel is in my heart 4-29-22

Please join me to remember the Holocaust 4-22-22

Making Sense of the Passover Seder Experience 4.15.22

Metzora 4.8.22

Tazria 4.1.22

Shemini 3.25.22

Tzav 3.18.22

Vayikra 3.11.22

Pekudei 3.4.22

Vayakahl 2.25.22

Ki Tisa 2.18.22

Tetzaveh 2.11.22

Terumeh 2.4.22

Mishpatim 1.28.22

Yitro 1.21.22

Bshalach 1.14.22

Bo 1.7.22

Vaera 12.31.21

Shemot 12.24.21