Category Archives: Jewish Festivals

BLESSINGS AND GRAMMAR–birkas cohanim – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

BLESSINGS AND GRAMMAR –Numbers 6:22-27 – birkas cohanim – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon           Three sentences that we read in the Torah this week get repeated all the time – in Christian houses of worship, in Masonic funeral ceremonies, and most often in … Continue reading

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TEN STATEMENTS – A Shavuot message by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

TEN STATEMENTS – A Shavuot message by Rabbi Baruch Cohon           This week we celebrate a wonderful holiday that is sadly neglected lately.  The holiday is Shavuot, called The Feast of Weeks in English.  While it may lack the family festivities of a … Continue reading

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354 DAYS AT A TIME – Emor by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

354 DAYS AT A TIME – Emor – Lev.21-24           You probably heard about the fellow who decided to become an atheist.  He left his family’s house of worship and turned his back on religion.  But then a few weeks later, he came back.            “You … Continue reading

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A FEW PURIM THOUGHTS by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

      Of all the holidays of the Jewish year, Purim stands out as the most light-hearted, high-spirited, almost frivolous of celebrations.  Wear funny costumes with crazy hats.  Have a party.  Yes, it’s a mitzvah to hear the Megillah – the Book of Esther – … Continue reading

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A MITZVAH TO REMEMBER Shabat Zakhor by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

       On the Sabbath before Purim we read Deuteronomy chapter 25:17-19, which commands:“Zakhor —Remember what Amalek did to you when you came out of Egypt, attacking you from the rear and killing the stragglers.  He did not fear G-d.”            This is one of … Continue reading

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