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A MESSAGE FROM MOSES – Va-etkhanan – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

A MESSAGE FROM MOSES – Deut.3:23—7:11 – Va-etkhanan – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon           This week’s reading is long, starting with Moses recalling praying to be permitted to enter the Promised Land, being refused, accepting his fate, and then turning to remind his … 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 GREAT SABBATH Shabat hagadol by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

A GREAT SABBATH – Shabat hagadol – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon           This week, most synagogue Torah services include a special reading from the Prophets – not the regular Haftorah but one designated for the Sabbath before Passover, called Shabat hagadol, the Great Sabbath.   It comes … 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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RINGS ON THE ARK by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

RINGS ON THE ARK – Parsha T’rumah           Chapters 25-27 of Exodus provide a description of the first Jewish sanctuary in complete detail.  All it lacks is a blueprint, and succeeding generations of construction-minded scholars have supplied that.  Some modern editions of the Torah … Continue reading

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