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AREI MIKLAT Several months ago, as I usually do, I spent Shabbos afternoon on the sofa in our living room catching up on New Yorker...
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Alfie Marcus
- May 7, 2018
- 4 min
Fixing the Shattered Divine Light
What does it mean to accept the Torah? To what extent is a knowledge of the natural world a part of accepting the Torah? The Maharal...
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Rabbi Max Davis
- Mar 25, 2018
- 6 min
To Nosh or Not to Nosh
Shabbat HaGadol 5778 I. Background A. Mishnah, Pesachim 10 [Then] they set [food] before him. He dips the lettuce before he reaches the...
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Judy Snitzer
- Mar 17, 2018
- 7 min
All these Mitzvot are to remember the Exodus
Dvar Torah 3/17/18 Judy Snitzer Its two weeks before Pesach, Today is rosh chodesh Nisan and I have come to understand that Pesach has a...
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Bob Karasov
- Jan 7, 2018
- 6 min
Cognitive Dissonance
Lately, I have been reading the parsha, without looking at the commentary. I read the text to see what questions emerge and then try to...
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Rabbi Max Davis
- Nov 7, 2017
- 1 min
Our Rabbi's take on Jewish Education
As Published in the American Jewish World, November 6 #RabbiMaxDavis
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Judy Shapiro
- Oct 22, 2017
- 7 min
When does Community become oppressive?
I have often puzzled over the story of the Tower of Babel, which comes near the end of our parsha today. The 9 sentences that form this...
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Alfie Marcus
- Oct 7, 2017
- 4 min
G-d is Unknowable, Shake that Lulav.
2nd day sukkot 5778 So, we shake the lulav and Etrog and we sort of proclaim like Chabad, G-d is here there and everywhere. And we...
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Naomi Oxman
- Sep 30, 2017
- 12 min
Yom Kippur Dvar Torah
YK DVAR TORAH SEPT 30, 2017 DN (naomi oxman) Dedicate to mom on bd today, ‘til 120! Visit home from NY grad school, out of clear blue,...
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Joram Slager
- Dec 17, 2016
- 7 min
Davar Torah Parshat Vayishlach
Birshut Harav, Quoting Sleeping Beauty: “I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream I know you, the gleam in your eyes is so...
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Ed Rapoport
- Dec 3, 2016
- 6 min
Rivkah, Mother of our People
Parshat Toldot Ed Rapoport (acknowledging writing of Dina Coopersmith) Today’s parasha has the titanic story of Jacob and Esau. Starting...
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Judy Shapiro
- Oct 12, 2016
- 8 min
Yom Kippur Drash
When I was asked to give the Dvar Torah today, on Yom Kippur, I have to admit I was a little intimidated. But I remembered what a valued...
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Alfie Marcus
- Sep 26, 2016
- 5 min
Nitzavim: Four Enigmatic Sayings
There are 4 very enigmatic sayings in this week’s parsha They raise difficult questions First the parsha says “You are all standing...
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Bob Karasov
- Aug 8, 2016
- 5 min
Matot-Masei: Got angry and later regretted it?
Take a second and think about a time that you got angry and later regretted it. Maybe you didn’t have the facts right, jumped to...
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Jason Potek
- Jul 3, 2016
- 3 min
Shelach: Everyone a leader?
Good Shabbos… This week’s parasha is Shelach, which includes the well-known story of the “meraglim” – the spies. The standard...
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Rabbi Joseph Ozarowski
- May 1, 2016
- 3 min
Pesach: Order from Freedom
“And you should tell your child on that day saying: Because of this God did for me when I left Egypt” (Exodus 13:8) “And those who...
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