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16 Kislev 5780
December 13, 2019 (This week’s d’var Torah is an interpretation of a sermon by Rabbi Jonathan Sachs of England – I wish you a wonderful Shabbat as I will be…
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The beautiful story of Jacob’s dream, in which he sees a ladder reaching from earth all the way to heaven, with God’s angels streaming up and down upon it, is…
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We read in this week’s Torah portion, Toledot (Genesis 25:19-28:9), And Esau became a man knowing the hunt, a man of the field…And Isaac loved Esau.(25:27-28) Where do blessings come from? Where do…
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November 22, 2019 I am honored and blessed to serve this sacred community of Temple Shalom of Aberdeen these past 20 plus years. It is a blessing to visit with…
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November 15, 2019 This week, in Parashat Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24), Avimelech, king of Gerar, faces a threat to himself and his household. Abraham enters the town and repeats his prior ill-fated decision…
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November 8, 2019 Abraham was a traveler on a liberating path marked by potholes. He was commanded by God: “Lech lecha. Go. Go to yourself. Leave who you were behind,…
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Our challenge nowadays: How can we balance all the things that we want to do and all the things that we want to be at the same time? If a…
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Once upon time, there was a meeting in a synagogue. Like many meetings in a synagogue, it was getting heated! It happened in this week, the week when the Torah…
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