Rabbi's Update 12/7/2022
Dear Friends: On Monday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of 303 Creative vs. Elenis, where a website designer who is an...
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rabbi423
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 12/2/2022
Dear Friends: As you know, this coming Shabbat we will honor Andie Epstein with a special Kiddush as she retires after about seven years...
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rabbi423
- Nov 30
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 11/30/2022
Dear Friends: This coming Shabbat we will honor Andie Epstein with a special Kiddush as she retires after about seven years as our...
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rabbi423
- Nov 23
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 11/23/2022
Dear Friends: Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Our office will be closed and our own evening minyan canceled but if you need to pray with a...
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rabbi423
- Nov 18
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 11/18/2022
Dear Friends: Last Shabbat our member Bruce Levinson gave a very thoughtful Drasha on the Akedah for Parashat VaYera. A video of his talk...
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rabbi423
- Nov 16
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 11/16/2022
Dear Friends: As you may know, antisemitic graffiti was found Monday morning near the Bethesda Trolley Trail. This is the second time...
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rabbi423
- Nov 11
- 2 min
Rabbi's Updates 11/11/2022
Dear Friends: Although the early parts of the book of Genesis by and large do not contain legal material, they contain a lot of stories...
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rabbi423
- Nov 9
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 11/9/2022
Dear Friends: This Shabbat we read Parashat Vayera, which contains both the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah as well as the Akedah, the...
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rabbi423
- Nov 4
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 11/4/2022
Dear Friends: As you certainly know, Israel held elections for the Knesset on Tuesday. Pre-election polls predicted that neither the...
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rabbi423
- Nov 2
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 11/2/2022
Dear Friends: The Supreme Court yesterday heard two combined cases dealing with the question of racial preferences in college admissions...
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rabbi423
- Oct 28
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 10/28/2022
Dear Friends: Last night after minyan we had a very interesting discussion of the Kanye West situation and what is the best way to combat...
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rabbi423
- Oct 26
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 10/26/2022
Dear Friends: This past Shabbat our congregant Joel Wasserman gave us an update on the situation in Ukraine and the work he and his...
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rabbi423
- Oct 21
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 10/21/2022
Dear Friends: Tomorrow morning our congregant Joel Wasserman, son of Robert and Lori White Wasserman, will be joining us to talk about...
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rabbi423
- Oct 14
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 10/14/2022
Dear Friends: Next Saturday our congregant Joel Wasserman, son of Robert and Lori White Wasserman, will be joining us to talk about his...
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rabbi423
- Oct 12
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 10/12/2022
Dear Friends: Adult Education classes will be resuming starting tomorrow night after minyan. I am calling the session “American Orthodoxy...
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rabbi423
- Oct 7
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 10/7/2022
Dear Friends: Thank you to our entire community for another wonderful High Holiday season, my 11th at Kehilat Shalom. It’s always a...
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rabbi423
- Sep 28
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 9/28/2022
Dear Friends: I want to thank everyone who worked so hard to make our Rosh Hashanah services possible. Our office staff, Andi Epstein and...
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rabbi423
- Sep 23
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 9/23/2022
Dear Friends: As we approach the New Year I want to make sure that everyone has the information that they need to keep our services as...
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rabbi423
- Sep 16
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 9/16/2022
Dear Friends: There have been a couple of big stories about the intersection of secular law and Orthodox Jewish education within the past...
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rabbi423
- Sep 14
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 9/14/2022
Dear Friends: This past weekend was a whirlwind of activity and emotion for me. On Shabbat morning, as you know, I was honored with...
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