Rabbi’s Update 11/27/2024
Dear Friends: In my message a week ago today, I mentioned in passing that Shearith Israel Congregation in New York not only celebrates...
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Rabbi’s Update 11/22/2024
Dear Friends: On Wednesday I explored the spectrum of American Orthodox perspectives on whether or not it is permissible to celebrate...
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Rabbi’s Update 11/20/2024
Dear Friends: Next Thursday, November 28, is Thanksgiving. Our office will be closed and both minyan and Adult Education will be...
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Rabbi’s Update 11/15/2024
Dear Friends: About a month ago, the Jewish publication Forward published a somewhat tongue-in-cheek article unveiling a major “scoop.”...
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Rabbi’s Update 11/13/2024
Dear Friends: Last Thursday 0ur Adult Education classes resumed after a break for the summer and then the holidays of Tishrei. We began...
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Rabbi’s Update 11/8/2024
Dear Friends: A number of friends and colleagues who have had the occasion to teach either “Introduction to Judaism” or “Introduction to...
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Rabbi’s Update 11/6/2024
Dear Friends: My Facebook “Memories” reminded me this morning that it was three years ago today according to the secular calendar that my...
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Rabbi’s Update 11/1/2024
Dear Friends: Last week we began reading the Torah anew. The first verse we actually read this past Shabbat morning was Genesis 5:1: ...
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Rabbi’s Update 10/23/2024
Dear Friends: Tonight and tomorrow is the yahrzeit of approximately 1200 Israelis massacred by Hamas on October 7, 2023. The events of...
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Rabbi’s Update 10/9/2024
Dear Friends: On Monday night along with about 6,000 of my closest friends I attended a ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of...
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Rabbi’s Update 9/27/2024
This morning, various brief notes that will make the High Holidays better for you and your fellow Kehilat Shalom congregants: Selichot:...
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Rabbi’s Update 9/25/2024
Dear Friends: The documentary “We Will Dance Again” about the October 7 massacre at the Nova Dance Festival in Israel started streaming...
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Rabbi’s Update 9/20/2024
Dear Friends: This morning, various brief notes as we move towards Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: Selichot: Next Saturday night we will...
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Rabbi’s Update 9/18/2024
Dear Friends: Did you know that Montgomery County is the most religiously diverse county in the United States? I recently came across an...
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Rabbi’s Update 9/13/2024
Dear Friends: There is a Chasidic story about a person who was always spreading gossip and rumors. One day the rabbi of the town called...
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Rabbi’s Update 9/11/2024
Dear Friends: I moved from York, PA, to Baltimore, MD on September 12, 2001. I had left my pulpit in York and started a think tank job in...
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Rabbi’s Update 9/6/2024
Dear Friends: In the parasha we will read next week, Ki Tetzei (Deut. 21:10 - 25:19), we find the following commandment: “When you build...
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Rabbi’s Update 9/4/2024
Dear Friends: On Sunday morning we received the news that six Israeli hostages had been murdered by Hamas shortly before the IDF would...
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Rabbi’s Update 8/30/2024
Dear Friends: If Israel is important to you and you want to hear directly from someone who is involved at the highest echelons of Israeli...
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Rabbi’s Update 8/28/2024
Dear Friends: Jewish holidays are always either “early” or “late". When was the last time you heard someone say "Rosh Hashanah is right...
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