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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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The Festival and Shabbat

September 25, 2013 – 4:05 am | Comments Off on The Festival and Shabbat6,742 views
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Sanctity and Joy
When a Jewish festival falls on Friday, it merges directly  into Shabbat. This gives us pause as we reflect on the differences between the festival and Shabbat.

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Re’eh: Teaching Children

July 28, 2013 – 4:08 am | Comments Off on Re’eh: Teaching Children3,096 views
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Memories of Children
What are your earliest Jewish memories?
My formative memories are of the holidays. Building a Sukkah with my father and brothers. Eating Matzah at the Seder table. Hearing the Ten Commandments on Shavuot.[1]

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Re’eh: Animal Rights

July 31, 2012 – 10:31 pm | Comments Off on Re’eh: Animal Rights3,244 views
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The Golden Mean
The world is full of animal rights activists who stand in the breach and protect our animals. They work to save endangered species and prevent animal abuse.

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Re’eh: Charity From The Heart

August 21, 2011 – 3:08 am | Comments Off on Re’eh: Charity From The Heart6,779 views
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Unhappy Giving
I have a confession. I can’t stand being thanked for giving charity. I just hate it when the person to whom I gave a dollar smiles and heaps lifelong blessings upon me. I usually make a dismissive gesture, wait till they walk away, heave a small sigh of relief …

Ree: Smiles on Loan

August 2, 2010 – 9:27 pm | Comments Off on Ree: Smiles on Loan3,482 views
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A Running Servant
I have always wrestled with the following Talmudic teaching.
The Torah states, “If there will be among you a needy person, from one of your brothers in one of your cities, in your land that the Lord, your God, is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, …

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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Reeh: Food for Thought for Your Dinner Table

August 24, 2008 – 3:15 am | Comments Off on Reeh: Food for Thought for Your Dinner Table2,138 views
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Sunday: Fortune
Not every country is a superpower nor is every country at the bottom of the totem pole. Mostany are somewhere in the middle; comfortable, but not powerful. Jews, however, are never in the middle; we are either at the very top or at the very bottom. This is because …

Re’eh: The Sacred Barbecue

August 5, 2007 – 3:42 am | Comments Off on Re’eh: The Sacred Barbecue3,504 views
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The Barbecue
Its a lazy summer afternoon. Warm sunshine bathes the yard, birds perch atop the trees and a gentle breeze caresses its limbs. Sounds of playing children and chatting adults waft up through the yard and, on the patio, an aroma of sizzling steak rises from the barbecue.

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