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MAKING A MATCH – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Hayyey Sarah

You can contact Rabbi Baruch Cohon for further discussion and/or comments at: baruch.c.2011@gmail.com MAKING A MATCH – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Hayyey Sarah, Gen.23-25:18           This week brings us the story of Eliezer the matchmaker.   Abraham’s major domo, Eliezer of Damascus, … Continue reading

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LOTS OF “LOT”S – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

You can contact Rabbi Baruch Cohon for further discussion and/or comments at: baruch.c.2011@gmail.com LOTS OF “LOT”S – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon           This week’s Torah reading includes parts of a story that is spread out over several chapters of the … Continue reading

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REDEFINING MARRIAGE by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

REDEFINING MARRIAGE             Court decisions legalizing same-sex marriage were recently called an attack on religion.  Are they?  Are they something else?             By Biblical standards, the very act of asking Divine blessing on a union described as an “abomination” would constitute sacrilege.  Yet … Continue reading

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ALL ABOUT MIRIAM – Chukas by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

ALL ABOUT MIRIAM – Chukas, Numbers 20 – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon At the beginning of Chapter 20 in the Book of Numbers we read of the death of Miriam, sister of Moses and Aaron.  Tersely the Torah says: “The people stayed at … 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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