B’nai Zion Podcast

What is this commandment to "be holy"? Is it achievable, and if so, how? 

Rabbi Rotenberg discusses Rabbi problems, along with the many historical and spiritual aspects marked during this period of the Omer, and what it all means.

How the feather and spoon ritual of clearing one's home of Chametz for Passover captures the spiritual purpose of this holiday.

Rabbi Rotenberg reflects on the power of sacrifice, as he comes to terms with having been coaxed into getting a dog.

Special guest sermon by Rabbi Keilah Lebell for BZ's Women's Shabbat! The way the Israelites came to care for the Mishkan project teaches us the power of empowerment to shape hearts and minds.

The Wilderness Tabernacle Teaches us Why Shabbat is so Special.

Moses seeks to know God, but Moses has four specific steps he must make before confronting the ultimate power of the universe. 

Clothing is treated very differently in the first two books of the Torah. What does it mean for us?

This year Parshat Terumah fell on one of the special shabbats before Passover, Shabbat Shekalim. Rabbi Rotenberg explores how the Torah readings for the two occasions offer two distinct, even contradictory reasons one would give of time or money to build community. 

How and if to make sense of this terrible tragedy.