Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Hanukkah Feels Very Different This Year

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For over 2,000 years, from the time of the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE up until the establishment of the modern State of Israel in 19...
Sunday, August 16, 2020

Those Who Sow in Tears Shall Reap in Joy: How We Will Overcome Covid-19

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As we approach the holiest period of our Jewish calendar, the spark of Yiddishkeit deep within our soul begins to exert its pull. Many of u...
Thursday, August 13, 2020

Thoughts on the Approaching High Holidays: Elul Preparations

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As we begin the month of Elul, the steady march towards Rosh Hashanah has begun. Elul is a month of soul-preparation. We traditional recite ...
Thursday, July 30, 2020

Life is About What We Learn along the Way

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Here is my take on this week's Torah portion: V'Etchanan.   Moses pleads with God to be allowed to enter the Land of Israel, but ala...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

A Year of Thoughtfulness and Forgiveness

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Words can hurt, yet words also have the capacity to heal. For congregational rabbis, this time of year is focused primarily on the power ...
Monday, May 20, 2019

Torah and High-Tech

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I have always been a great lover of all things tech-related. In fact, for much of my college years I vacillated between two career path...
Saturday, April 27, 2019

Enough is Enough: Another Tragic Shooting...

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Only six months have passed since the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. And once again, on a sacred day for...