by Ayden Heim | Jun 26, 2025 | Rabbi Cat's Musings
This week we read Parshat Korach, a portion that asks a timeless question: What does it mean to challenge power in a holy way? Korach confronts Moses and Aaron: “All the community is holy — why do you elevate yourselves above us?” It sounds like a call for equality....
by Ayden Heim | Jun 13, 2025 | Rabbi Cat's Musings
In a week filled with so much devastation and violence, Rabbi Cat offers a fierce and tender drash on Parsha Beha’alotcha. What happens when those in power respond to fear, hunger, and protest with rage, punishment, and tyranny? This teaching invites us to look...
by Ayden Heim | May 30, 2025 | Rabbi Cat's Musings
This week we open the book of Bamidbar, where God commands Moses to count the adult males—name by name, tribe by tribe. Why? Because in Judaism, every person is sacred. The Mishnah teaches that while we all descend from the same first human, no two of us are alike....
by Ayden Heim | May 9, 2025 | Rabbi Cat's Musings
Parshat Shemini | Strange Fires Are Burning: How can we avoid being consumed? with Rabbi Cat Zavis This week’s parsha, Shemini, tells the story of Aaron’s sons offering a stranger fire to the Divine and the Divine consuming them in the fire. What? Aaron’s sons are...
by Ayden Heim | Mar 28, 2025 | Rabbi Cat's Musings
Parshat Pekudei | Vestments for Courage in a Time of Idolatry This week’s Torah portion, Pekudei, tells of the Israelites completing the Mishkan, the Tabernacle—a sacred space for Divine presence. Crafted from the same materials as the Golden Calf, the Mishkan becomes...
