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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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NULL AND VOID – Kol Nidrey blog by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

NULL AND VOID — Kol Nidrey blog by Rabbi Baruch Cohon Recently I heard someone refer to “Kol Nidrey,” the famous chant that opens the evening service of Yom Kippur, as “the most moving Jewish prayer of all.”  Actually, Kol … Continue reading

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HNY — New year message from Rabbi Baruch Cohon

HNY — New year message from Rabbi Baruch Cohon If you’re Jewish, happy 5774!  And if not, happy rest of 2013 or whatever number you observe.  Starting Wednesday at sunset and continuing Thursday and Friday, the Hebrew calendar inaugurates its … Continue reading

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HIDDEN THINGS – Nitzavim-Vayeylekh – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

HIDDEN THINGS – Nitzavim-Vayeylekh – Deut. 29:9-31:30 – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon           This week we read a double portion with countless quotable lines.  Just arbitrarily, let’s pick one. “The hidden things belong to G-d, and the revealed things are for us and our children … Continue reading

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98 WORDS TO THE WISE – Kee tavo, Deut.26-29:8 – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

98 WORDS TO THE WISE – Kee tavo, Deut.26-29:8 – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon           This week’s Torah reading includes Moses’ Third Discourse, and the famous lists of blessings and curses – blessings earned by carrying out the Divine commandments, and curses incurred … Continue reading

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