Rabbi Avi Weiss Archives

Rabbi Avi Weiss

Handmade “shmurah matzah” used at Passover seder. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

This seder, let’s begin by declaring ‘Ve’ahavta Le’reiacha Kamocha’

“Behold, I accept upon myself the commandment of the Lord to love my neighbor as myself.”

Rabbi Avi Weiss

April 3, 2023

Israeli soldiers carry the coffin containing the remains of IDF soldier Sgt. First Class Zachary Baumel at the Mount Herzl Military cemetery in Jerusalem on April 4, 2019. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Setting aside a matzah for the remaining Israeli soldiers

At our Passover tables, when we declare “Next Year in Jerusalem,” we ought to have in mind the MIAs who gave their lives for our homeland. We need to see the fulfillment of the words of the Prophet Jeremiah: “The children will return to their land.”

Rabbi Avi Weiss

April 18, 2019

U.S. President Barack Obama in 2017. Credit: White House Photo by Pete Souza.

Kol Nidre and the white fire of the Iran discourse

Rabbi Avi Weiss

September 2, 2015

Caption: A field near Rosh HaAyin in Israel, left barren for the 2007-2008 sabbatical year of Shmita. Credit: Yaakov via Wikimedia Commons.

The sabbatical year of Shmita and spiritually responding to terrorism

Rabbi Avi Weiss

September 16, 2014

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