Rabbi Michael Barclay
Pekudei: Eternal Change Through Physical Shifts
In this final reading in the Book of Exodus, there are two important biblical concepts that are as important today as they were over 3000...
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Rabbi Michael Barclay
Feb 25, 20225 min read
Vayakhel: Building a Holy Community on Individual Effort
“Do not regard anyone with contempt, and do not reject anything, for there is no man who does not have his hour and nothing which does...
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Feb 22, 20225 min read
We Must Save Our Nation From Elitist Authoritarians
To truly lead, one must serve. This concept is an accepted foundation of all good leaders, be they political, business, or religious.
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Feb 17, 20225 min read
Ki Tisa: Stepping Towards Forgiveness
Idolatry. Sexual immorality. Murder. The description of the events of the Golden Calf in this week’s portion sound like the outline for...
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Feb 11, 20223 min read
Tetzaveh: To Divine From the Heart
The Urim and Thummim are something that is rarely discussed in the Reform Jewish world, although they have great importance both...
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Feb 4, 20224 min read
Terumah: How To Give a Gift
The first two lines of this Torah reading teach a valuable lesson we all need to remember in personal relationships: how to give a gift.
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Jan 28, 20226 min read
Mishpatim: Surrendering to Our True Selves
In the “Ahavat Olam” prayer chanted before the recitation of the Shema, we thank God for “laws and statutes” (chukim u’mishpatim).
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Jan 25, 20224 min read
Is Robert Kennedy Jr. Right?
Robert Kennedy Jr. has recently been taken to task in the media and by many Jewish organizations for supposedly comparing the Holocaust ...
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Jan 20, 20224 min read
Yitro: The Ultimate Wedding
“I am my Beloved’s, and my Beloved is mine” ---Song of Songs 6:3
For months and sometimes even years we prepare for our wedding day.
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Jan 17, 20224 min read
Wolves and Sheepdogs in Colleyville
When I was ordained as a Rabbi, a speaker told our graduating class that we were now all “officers in God’s army.”
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Jan 14, 20224 min read
B’Shalach: To Seek Not Victory, But Peace
This week’s Torah portion contains one of the most powerful, and ethically challenging teachings in the Torah as the Hebrews cross...
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Jan 6, 20223 min read
Bo: Divine Partnership
The story in this week’s portion is as recognizable as any in the entire Torah. Discussed at the Passover seder, it begins with Moses.....
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Dec 31, 20216 min read
Vaera: Change is Coming, and It Will be a Blessing
I constantly remind people of the power of the teaching of both the RaMBaM and the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who said that we could look through...
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Dec 23, 20214 min read
Shemot: The Power of Women
“But the midwives feared G-d, and did not as the King of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive”
---Ex. 1:17
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Dec 23, 20213 min read
We All Need to Be Christmas Warriors
Merry Christmas!
While I do not accept Jesus as my personal savior and pathway to God, as an observant Jew, I have absolute faith that....
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Dec 17, 20211 min read
Vayechi
When Jacob blesses his grandchildren Ephraim and Manasseh, he does not ask that God bless the boys, but rather that the “angel who redeemed”
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Dec 15, 20214 min read
Biden Administration Continues to Show Its Disdain for Israel and Support of Iran
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it” is a quote often misattributed to Nazi....
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Dec 15, 20215 min read
The Anti-Defamation League Is Now a Tool of the Anti-Semitic Left
If there was ever a doubt in recent years, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is now not only dead, it is beyond resuscitation.
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Dec 15, 20212 min read
Table for Five: Vayechi
If we look deeply, ultimately every choice we make is based in either faith or fear.
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Dec 10, 20215 min read
Vayigash: The Ritual that Defines a Jew
The primary ritual in Judaism is the brit milah, the circumcision that has been part of our culture since Abraham (Gen 17)
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