Rabbi Shabbat Greetings

There has been much concern lately about artificial intelligence (AI). You may have heard when there was a Senate subcommittee hearing that hosted the CEO of OpenAI, the creators of…

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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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Remembrance is a sacred privilege and a holy obligation. On this Shabbat, we celebrate Memorial Day weekend, the unoffciial beginning of summer and the realization that the Garden State Parkway will be…

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As we are in the midst of counting the Omer (the daily counting of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot), its very appropriate that we read this mitzvah (commandment)…

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This week’s Torah portion, Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:27), has the famous line -You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” v’ahavta l’rei·ekha kamokha.(19:18) Other traditions, religions, and philosophies, religious and secular, provide a variety of sayings…

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This week’s Torah portion, Acharei Mot (Leviticus 16:1-18:30), describes the priestly rituals on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Among the sacrifices brought that day by both the High Priest and the children…

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The special Torah portion for the intermediate days of Passover on Shabbat is from Exodus 33:12-34:26 and Numbers 28:19-25. As suggested from Reform Judaism, On the Shabbat during Passover, we are…

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The Torah portion is Metzora (Leviticus 14:1-15:33), and this year it falls on the Shabbat immediately before Passover and it is called “Shabbat HaGadol.” The portion has God describing the purification ritual for…

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I happened to read an article about a traditional rabbi in Maryland who started out his words in a way that had me shaking my head. He started by saying…

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This week, we read the portion, Shemini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47). The word Shemini means “eight.” For seven days Aaron and his sons had prepared themselves for the formal inauguration into the priesthood. Now on the…

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