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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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Rabbi Max Davis
- Mar 21, 2020
- 6 min
In the time of the pandemic
אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ! Oy, what has befallen us! Tisha B'Av Kinnah #1 רִאשׁ֥וֹן לְצִיּ֖וֹן הִנֵּ֣ה הִנָּ֑ם וְלִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם מְבַשֵּׂ֥ר...
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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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Rabbi Max Davis
- Sep 26, 2019
- 3 min
A sweet, not sour, New Year
The Chofetz Chayim has it in for borscht on Rosh Hashanah. It’s a close call for pickled herring as well. ...יש נמנעים לבשל בר"ה מיני...
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Rabbi Max Davis
- Aug 11, 2019
- 8 min
Mazal Tov! Yashar Ko’ach! What are we really saying?!
Source sheets for Great Jewish Questions Series IDS Tower Lobby, Av 5779 Mazal tov! מזל טוב! A. Melachim (Kings) II 23:5 And he (King...
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Judy Shapiro
- Apr 27, 2019
- 7 min
David's Song
When Bruce invited me to give the Dvar Torah today, I was a bit dismayed because by the seventh day, I must admit I’m a little sick of...
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Wendy Khabie
- Apr 8, 2019
- 5 min
Words in a Bucket
As someone who gets paid to talk about people, I am keenly aware of the importance and impact of words. Throughout the Torah, we are...
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Alfie Marcus
- Mar 23, 2019
- 6 min
Jeremiad
How much attention do we pay to the Haftorot? I know of some people in this shul who leave the premises during the Haftorot for an early...
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Bob Karasov
- Mar 10, 2019
- 8 min
Clothes make the (sic) Man
Dvar Torah Pekudei When I started medical school at the Mayo clinic in the late 1970’s we were told the story of a second-year med...
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Rabbi Max Davis
- Oct 18, 2018
- 7 min
It Could Drive a Man to Drink
Parshat Noach, 5779 – Anniversary of #Metoo Movement Noach comes out of the teivah to a virtually desolate wasteland of a world. It’s...
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Rabbi Max Davis
- Oct 5, 2018
- 3 min
The Merit of Our Tears
Reflection Prior to Kol Nidrei 5779 Rabbotai v’Chaveirai, No holiday reminds us that ‘We’re all in this together’ quite like Yom Kippur....
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Hanna Bloomfield
- Sep 19, 2018
- 5 min
A Tale of Two Goats
About this time on Yom Kippur, I start to feel hungry. My usual response is to check my watch, count the pages in the mahzor, think...
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Judy Shapiro
- Sep 12, 2018
- 11 min
In the Balance
Rosh Hashana 2- Dvar Torah- September 11, 2018— Shana Tova. It’s pretty intimidating to be invited to give a Dvar Torah on Rosh Hashana:...
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Amir Kats
- Sep 1, 2018
- 6 min
Remember Your Story
Shabbat shalom. Parshat “Ki Tavo” has some interesting instructions for the Jews to carry out upon arriving in Israel. One on which I’d...
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Bob Karasov
- Aug 5, 2018
- 6 min
Hard to believe?
Dvar Torah: Parshat Eikev. August 4, 1018 Eikev is the kind of Parsha that make it hard to believe in God. It opens with the message...
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