Category Archives: Rabbi

A 20-DAY MIRACLE

         Often overlooked is a small miracle described in the opening of the Book of Numbers, this week’s Torah reading.  Nestled quietly among the major miracles, it can still remind us of the supreme value of every life in the … Continue reading

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49 and counting

                                       This could well be my blog for last week, this week and the month to come, but it probably won’t.   Something else always can be expected.  But starting on the second night of Passover we began doing something … Continue reading

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AN IDEA TO CELEBRATE

   At our Seder, a teenage guest named Natalie asked a question that is not in the Haggadah.   “We have Pesach to celebrate the end of Egyptian slavery,” she said, “so why don’t we have a holiday to celebrate the … Continue reading

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WALKING TOGETHER IN 5772

Here comes a New Year, Rosh Hashanah 5772. The Torah calls Rosh Hashanah “yom t’ruah” — the day of the Shofar call. A sound we look forward to all year long. For all my readers, I hope and pray that … Continue reading

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WHEN YOU GO OUT…

WHEN YOU GO OUT   This week’s Torah reading in Deuteronomy 21-25 starts with the words Kee Tey-tzey — “When you go out.”  In the course of the Sedrah we find many different laws, dealing with situations as different as family … Continue reading

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