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Rabbi Max Davis
- Aug 7, 2020
- 5 min
Who Knows Two?
Eikev 5780 Shnayim Mi Yodeya Shnayim mi yodeyah? - Who knows two?... The composer of this 500-year old Pesach song might have missed...
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Rabbi Max Davis
- Jul 31, 2020
- 4 min
Tradgedies We Don't Forget
Shabbat Nachamu 5780 Lessons in Nichumim from one of Israel's Toughest Mothers This past Tisha B’Av following our Darchei Noam Eichah...
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Rabbi Max Davis
- Jul 29, 2020
- 4 min
Graceful Hatred?
Tisha B'Av 5780 I have been troubled by the phrase sinat chinam for several years, but have been unable to figure out why. Sinat chinam,...
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Rabbi Max Davis
- Jul 17, 2020
- 7 min
Loss
Parashat Matot Masei 5780 וְהִצִּ֨ילוּ הָעֵדָ֜ה אֶת־הָרֹצֵ֗חַ מִיַּד֮ גֹּאֵ֣ל הַדָּם֒ וְהֵשִׁ֤יבוּ אֹתוֹ֙ הָֽעֵדָ֔ה אֶל־עִ֥יר מִקְלָט֖וֹ...
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Rabbi Max Davis
- Jul 10, 2020
- 3 min
Pause
Parashat Pinchas 5780 Shabbat Shalom. Last week’s parshat Balak concluded with the tumultuous deeds of Pinchas. His decisiveness and...
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Rabbi Max Davis
- Jul 3, 2020
- 4 min
Neutralizing the Sparks
Parashat Chukat - Balak 5780 Tucked into our tefillot every day of the year - weekdays, Shabbat and holidays – is Tehillim 30, Mizmor...
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Rabbi Max Davis
- Jun 26, 2020
- 4 min
Open Rebellion
Parshat Korach 5780 Shabbat shalom. These past two weeks, our community has been engaged in a challenging experiment to determine if we...
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Rabbi Max Davis
- Jun 5, 2020
- 8 min
Responsibility to Engage - Parshat Naso
Shabbat shalom. What follows are two markedly different reflections written by two volunteers from last week’s Lake Street cleanup. In...
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Rabbi Max Davis
- May 29, 2020
- 15 min
Shavuot 5780 Perseverance B'Tzelem E-lohim
Chag Same'ach & Shabbat Shalom! Perseverance B'Tzelem E-lohim Good Yuntif! Since 1997, NASA has held competitions for children to name...
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Rabbi Max Davis
- May 1, 2020
- 1 min
Kedusha in Challenging Times
Parshat Acharei Mot - Kedoshim
Yamim Kipurim
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Rabbi Max Davis
- Apr 19, 2020
- 10 min
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
Yom HaShoa, Parshiut Shemini, Metzora
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Rabbi Max Davis
- Mar 27, 2020
- 5 min
In The Shadow of Greatness - Parshat Vayikra
In the old time cheders of Europe, the first book of Torah taught to boys was sefer Vayikra. With so many statutes and laws, Vayikra...
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Ed Rapoport
- Feb 15, 2020
- 4 min
With Friends like These
Dvar Torah Parshat Yitro 5780 Feb 15, 2020 Ed Rapoport Our parasha is named for Yitro, Moshe’s father-in-law who in the parasha becomes a...
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Judy Shapiro
- Oct 9, 2019
- 5 min
Intergematriality
Shana tova and Gmar Tov. I want to begin by talking a bit about Gematria. The word Gematria means “an alphanumeric code assigning a...
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