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Tzav: Fighting Evil
We are surrounded by evil; every so often, it rears its ugly head as it did on Simchat Torah—the October 7 massacre. Pure evil raped Jewish mothers, burned Jewish babies alive, mutilated their fathers, and beheaded their neighbors. Pure evil burned loving couples clinging to each other, to …

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Sukkot: Public Displays of Jewish Pride

September 30, 2009 – 8:44 pm | Comments Off on Sukkot: Public Displays of Jewish Pride6,074 views
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Inside Outside
I know you are Jewish at home, but are you comfortable with your Judaism on the street? Would you walk home from Shull with a Talit (prayer shawls) on your shoulders? Do you sport a kippah (head covering) when shopping at your local grocery store? Are you Jewish outside …

Vayelech: Students or Contributors?

September 6, 2009 – 3:24 am | Comments Off on Vayelech: Students or Contributors?4,215 views
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End Of An Era
The Torah is G-d’s book, given in complete form to Moses, subject to neither addition nor subtraction. Yet many questions were left unaddressed in the written Torah and later sages resolved them through independent analysis. This leaves us with a question, are we recipients of the Torah …

Ki Tavo: Doing It G-d’s Way

August 30, 2009 – 3:30 am | Comments Off on Ki Tavo: Doing It G-d’s Way11,588 views
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Declaring Faith
As they entered the Holy Land our ancestors were instructed to inscribe the entire Torah on huge stones and display it for all to see. This was a declaration of faith in G-d. Entering the Holy Land was a new beginning that would require additional Divine protection and when …

Ki Teze: Victimizing The Rape Victim?

August 23, 2009 – 4:32 am | Comments Off on Ki Teze: Victimizing The Rape Victim?2,467 views
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Question
Is it true that the Torah requires rape victims to marry their rapists and the only punishment to the rapist is a fifty Shekel fine paid to the victim’s father?

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Shoftim: Torah or Democracy?

August 16, 2009 – 4:06 am | Comments Off on Shoftim: Torah or Democracy?3,679 views
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Disenchantment
In the summer in 2009, US citizens unhappy with health care reform, angrily voiced their displeasure with the government in town hall meetings across the United States. President Obama’s approval ratings plummeted to unprecedented lows, yet he continued to push his health care legislation. The opposition charged him with ignoring …

Re’e: A Cup Of Coffee

August 9, 2009 – 4:44 am | Comments Off on Re’e: A Cup Of Coffee2,780 views
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My Coffee SummitI have a vice, especially on long trips,called  coffee. I got back to the car and shared this exchange with my wife. There is a sermon in this somewhere, she observed, and she was right. Here it is.

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Tu B’av: When Smaller Is Bigger

August 2, 2009 – 3:53 am | Comments Off on Tu B’av: When Smaller Is Bigger7,604 views
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Self Doubt
Have you ever made a snap decision that radically altered your lifestyle? I’m talking about deciding to move to a place you were visiting, changed careers midcourse,  or perhaps seeing something attractive in a particular teacher and making a snap decision to transfer your child to her class.

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Vaetchanan: Science and Faith

July 23, 2009 – 2:56 pm | Comments Off on Vaetchanan: Science and Faith3,304 views
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July 21, 1969
Monday July 21, 2009, marked forty years since Neil Armstrong, stepped off the Apollo 11 and set foot on the moon. Forty years is a long time; our sages taught that students do not fully assimilate lessons learned in their youth until forty years have passed. (1) Today, …