Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, D.Min.

Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, D.Min. is Clinical Director of the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Center for Pastoral Counseling and Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at HUC-JIR, NY. She is also the rabbi of the Pound Ridge Jewish Community, a Reform chavurah, in Pound Ridge, NY.

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Torah Study

Parashat Tzav: Taking Care of Ourselves and Each Other Amid Crisis

Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, D.Min.

April 1, 2020

In recent weeks, we have found ourselves on a journey for which we have felt totally unprepared. Like our ancestors, we lack maps and familiar signposts (though we do have Zoom!) to help us get oriented in our new reality.

Pinchas

Determining the Qualities of an Ideal Political Leader

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, D.Min.

June 12, 2015

This week's parashah, Pinchas, is all about succession and inheritance. Who will succeed Aaron in the priesthood? To whom will the land pass as the Israelites enter it? Who can claim a man's land if he has no sons? Who will succeed Moses and lead the people into the Promised...

Marriage

Can Jews get married on Shabbat?

Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, D.Min.

For centuries, Jewish custom has prohibited marriages at specific dates and times during the Jewish year.

Sh'mini

The Act of Listening

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, D.Min.

April 1, 2015

Chapter 10 of Leviticus provides us with an extraordinary example of human growth. At the beginning of the parashah, Moses exercises his leadership by overseeing the ordination of Aaron and his sons and then supervising the sacrifices for which they are responsible. Moses's energies are focused on ensuring that the...

Shabbat

Chazak, Chazak, V'nitchazeik

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, D.Min.

March 20, 2015

As we complete each book of the Torah, it is customary to repeat the words "Chazak, chazak, v'nitchazeik." These words, understood as "Congratulations!" actually have a more profound message. They can be translated as either "Be strong, be strong, and we will be encouraged" or "Be strong, be strong, and...