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NOW WE KINDLE THE CANDLES – Hanukkah – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

NOW WE KINDLE THE CANDLES – Hanukkah – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon           Haneyrot ha-lalu anakhnu madleekeen – My old Hanukkah record sings itself anew every year in Hebrew or in English or both.  The gifted Israeli bandleader and multimedia … Continue reading

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SOME “MAZEL” FOR SUCCOTH –by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

SOME “MAZEL” FOR SUCCOTH –by Rabbi Baruch Cohon           My friend and former colleague Rabbi Meyer Heller used to feel sorry for the Succoth holiday which comes this week.  “Succoth has no mazel” was how he put it.  “People are all shuled out … Continue reading

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A RABBI’S FAMILY – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

A RABBI’S FAMILY – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon           This week’s blog is not a comment on the Torah portion.  Not that this week’s reading is dull. Anything but.  It tells the story of Korach — a bitter rebellion within the Israelite camp in … Continue reading

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