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March 16, 2024 – 11:20 pm | Comments Off on Purim: A Nation United41 views

The die was cast. King Achashverosh granted Haman a genocidal license against the Jewish nation. Mordechai was one of the first to learn of the plot and he appealed to Queen Esther for help. Esther explained that it was dangerous even for her to enter the king’s chambers unbidden. Mordechai …

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Where Do You Belong?

December 16, 2023 – 11:34 pm | Comments Off on Where Do You Belong?225 views
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Where do you belong? Where is home for you? Is home where your body resides or where your soul wants to be? As Jews, we are only at home in a holy land. Yet, most Jews live in the diaspora all over the world. So, for those of us who …

Come Down

December 25, 2022 – 10:54 am | Comments Off on Come Down666 views
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Today, I want to talk to you the time Joseph instructed his father to, “Come down to me.”
Joseph was viceroy of Egypt—the only country with food in a region otherwise plagued by famine. Joseph’s brothers came to procure food for their families, and Joseph tangled with them. After several days, …

Vayigash: Chutzpah

December 11, 2021 – 8:12 pm | Comments Off on Vayigash: Chutzpah1,050 views
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Chutzpah is a word that doesn’t need to be translated. Anyone who has ever had it knows exactly what it is. But it is also a word that doesn’t translate well. Audacity, nerve, gall, gumption, brazenness, and brashness, have all been used. But none of these do chutzpah justice. Some …

Vayigash: Stuck in Lockdown?

December 21, 2020 – 1:48 pm | Comments Off on Vayigash: Stuck in Lockdown?1,052 views
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Lockdown is a word with which we have sadly become all too familiar. Many countries around the world have experienced a second wave of COVID and implemented various forms of lockdown. Ontario in Canada just announced its own lockdown and as I write I am looking at 28 long days …

Vayigash: Debt of Kindness

December 29, 2019 – 2:24 pm | Comments Off on Vayigash: Debt of Kindness1,828 views
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Kindness is something that is usually given out of generosity. We don’t usually think of kindness as a debt. Yet, sometimes it is a debt. For example, if someone treats you kindly, they deserve to be treated kindly in return; you owe them a debt of kindness. If you owe …

Vayigash: Know It All

December 8, 2018 – 6:45 pm | Comments Off on Vayigash: Know It All1,950 views
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What do you do when you know it all? Life is only interesting when there is mystery. When we have questions to answer, theses to research, frontiers to explore, peaks to climb, depths to plumb, curiosities to quench, and knowledge to acquire, life has thrill and excitement. But what do …

Vayigash: Our Parents

December 18, 2017 – 11:52 pm | Comments Off on Vayigash: Our Parents2,367 views
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Do our parents have access to our lives? Do we share our secrets with them? Do they have unfettered access to our grandchildren, for example, do we let them take our children away on vacation?
Sadly, there are many people who grow up and shut their parents out. Some do it …

Vayigash: The True Meaning of Tolerance

December 31, 2016 – 11:40 pm | Comments Off on Vayigash: The True Meaning of Tolerance2,853 views
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Can We Tolerate Tolerance?
Have you ever been in the ironic position where someone accused of lacking tolerance and in the process turned intolerant toward you? Sadly, such occasions are commonplace nowadays. Just think of the riots that swept America post election, when people rampaged and pillaged in the name of …