by Cantor Matt Axelrod March 26, 2021 1 Exodus 2.0 B’chol dor va dor chayav adam lirot et atzmo k’ilu hu yatzah mimitzrayim In every generation, each person is obligatedContinue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod February 23, 2021 Number of comments0 The Great Purim Controversy Continues… I’m prepared to die on this hill. I don’t usually write follow ups to previous posts, but my recent screedContinue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod February 8, 2021 3 An Admission to my Friends I’ve been posting to this blog for several years now, and I’ve acquired a certain sense about those of youContinue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod January 7, 2021 3 Putting a Good Face on Prayer I have seen more of myself in the last year than I could have ever imagined. One of the unintendedContinue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod October 29, 2020 1 The Results Are In One well-known and creative parenting technique is to give older kids or teens a safe path out of participating inContinue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod September 15, 2020 1 Someone Saw All This Coming How many times over the last six or so months have we uttered the question: “Who could have foreseen this?”Continue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod July 28, 2020 2 Socially Distanced but Spiritually Close Over the last whatever number of months (I can’t even remember what day it is), we have been moving fartherContinue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod July 14, 2020 2 Hineni for our Virtual Services Streaming services? Check. Virtual Choirs? Working on it. But has anyone given any thought to the fact that the traditionalContinue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod June 29, 2020 4 Turning Your Home into a Sacred Space וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹכָם They will make me a sanctuary and I will dwell among them. For months now,Continue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod June 17, 2020 2 Balancing Home and Prayer Over the last few months, we’ve all experienced a number of sweeping changes to our lives–some financial, some logisitical, someContinue Reading