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Bit of Torah Archive

Bit of Torah is a weekly Shabbat message from a Greater MetroWest Jewish community leader. We share a video with the community each week on our Jewish Life webpage and on social media. Enjoy viewing all of them here!

If you have questions or would like to participate in this Bit of Torah program contact Sarah Segal, Director of Synagogue Initiatives, at ssegal@jfedgmw.org or (973) 929-2952.

December 2019

BIT OF TORAH - 12/26/19

BIT OF TORAH - 12/19/19

BIT OF TORAH - 12/12/19

BIT OF TORAH - 12/5/19

November 2019

BIT OF TORAH - 11/28/19

BIT OF TORAH - 11/21/19

BIT OF TORAH - 11/14/19

October 2019

BIT OF TORAH - 10/17/19

BIT OF TORAH - 10/23/19

Parshat Bereshit, the first parsha in our Torah, begins with the story of creation. In this week’s Bit of Torah, Rabbi Robert Green of Congregation B'nai Israel in Basking Ridge encourages us to remember that we are all one community, each made in the image of our creator.

BIT OF TORAH - 10/31/19

Parshat Noach includes the story of Noah's Ark and the Tower of Babel. In this week’s Bit of Torah, Rabbi Marc Katz of Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield teaches us how the story of the Tower might provide a model for letting go of communal trauma.

September 2019

BIT OF TORAH - 9/12/19

In this week's Bit of Torah, Rabbi Leah Sternberg of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in Short Hills...

BIT OF TORAH - 9/26/19

August 2019

BIT OF TORAH - 8/29/19

In this week’s Bit of Torah, Rabbi Michael Satz of Temple B’nai Or in Morristown teaches us that...

BIT OF TORAH - 8/15/19

In the week's Bit of Torah, Federation’s Chief Jewish Learning Officer Robert Lichtman wonders...

BIT OF TORAH - 8/8/19

In this week's Bit of Torah, Rabbi Paul Kerbel of Temple Beth El Mekor-Chayim in Cranford explains..

July 2019

BIT OF TORAH - 7/19/19

In this week's Bit of Torah, Cantor Lois Kittner of Adath Shalom in Morris Plains speaks about...

June 2019

BIT OF TORAH - 6/28/19

In this week’s Bit of Torah, Rabbi Clifford Kulwin of Temple B’nai Abraham in Livingston teaches..

Bit of Torah - 6/21/19

BIT OF TORAH - 6/7/19

In this week’s Bit of Torah, Rabbi Ariann Weitzman of Bnai Keshet in Montclair asks what this...

May 2019

BIT OF TORAH - 5/10/19

BIT OF TORAH - 5/3/19

In this week's Bit of Torah, Cantor Brian Kalver of Congregation B’nai Israel in Basking Ridge..

April 2019

Bit of Torah - 4/19/19

In this week’s Bit of Torah, Rabbi Charles Popky of White Meadow Temple in Rockaway teaches us..

BIT OF TORAH - 4/5/19

In this week’s Bit of Torah, Cantor Matt Axelrod of Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains..

March 2019

BIT OF TORAH - 3/22/19

In this week’s Bit of Torah, Lisa Lisser, a teacher of adult Jewish Learning at the Melton School..

BIT OF TORAH - 3/15/19

This week is Shabbat Zachor, the Sabbath of Remembrance, when we reflect on the first act of..

BIT OF TORAH - 3/1/19

In this week’s Bit of Torah, Rabbi Rachel Marder from Congregation Beth El in South Orange shares..

February 2019

BIT OF TORAH - 2/22/19

In this week’s Bit of Torah, Rabbi Karen Perolman of Congregation B’nai Jeshurun in Short Hills..

BIT OF TORAH - 2/15/19

In this week’s Bit of Torah, Rabbi Simeon Cohen, assistant rabbi of Temple Beth Shalom in Livingston

Bit of Torah - 2/8/19

In this week’s Bit of Torah, Rabbi Mendel Solomon of Chabad of Short Hills teaches us that when we..

BIT OF TORAH - 2/1/19

Federation’s Chief Jewish Learning Officer, Robert Lichtman, shares a flash-forward in this week’s..

January 2019

BIT OF TORAH - 1/25/19

In this week’s Bit of Torah, Rabbi Robert Tobin of B’nai Shalom in West Orange reminds us that it...

Bit of Torah - 1/18/19

In this week's Bit of Torah, Cantor Meredith Greenberg from Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield...

BIT OF TORAH - 1/11/19

In this week’s Bit of Torah, Rabbi Jesse Olitzky of Congregation Beth El in South Orange teaches...

BIT OF TORAH - 1/4/19

In this week’s Bit of Torah, Rabbi Yosef Sharbat of Congregation AABJ&D in West Orange...