Rabbi Wes Kalmar

Wes Kalmar is the rabbi of Anshe Sfard Kehillat Torah in Glendale, WI, a tree-lined and lake-dotted suburb of Milwaukee. He is a musmach of Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and holds a masters degree in Medieval Jewish History from Bernard Revel Graduate School. He and his wife, Dr. Jessica Kalmar, and their four children have lived in Glendale for five years and they absolutely love it.

Parsha

Have Shabbos And A Shabbos Nap

By Rabbi Wes Kalmar

So we see that both in the Mishkan, and in the creation of the world, Hashem held back. That is what we do on Shabbos. We hold back our desire to be creative and restrict our activities.