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Watch your step, but don't be afraid to look up!
Friday June 13, 2025/17 Sivan 5785/Parashat Beha'alotekha דַּבֵּר֙ אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֵלָ֑יו בְּהַעֲלֹֽתְךָ֙ אֶת־הַנֵּרֹ֔ת...
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Holy Housework
Friday June 6, 2025/10 Sivan 5785/Parashat Naso Hevre/Friends, Our departure for Rabbi on the Road 2025: Basque Country is just days...
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When Eyes Speak Louder than Words
Friday May 30, 2025/3 Sivan 5785/Parashat Bamidbar שְׂא֗וּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֙ כּל־עֲדַ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם...
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Let's be Honest
Friday May 23, 2025/25 Iyar 5785/Parashat Behar-Bechukotai IN MEMORY OF SARAH MILGRIM, Z”L, AND YARON LISCHINSKY, Z”L Hevre/Friends, ...
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Wounded Warriors
Friday May 16, 2025/16 Iyar 5785/Parashat Emor כּל־ אִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־בּ֣וֹ מ֗וּם מִזֶּ֙רַע֙ אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֔ן לֹ֣א יִגַּ֔שׁ לְהַקְרִ֖יב...
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Confessions of a Loyal Zionist
Friday May 9, 2025/11 Iyar 5785/Parashat Aharei Mot-Kedoshim לֹא־תֵלֵ֤ךְ רָכִיל֙ בְּעַמֶּ֔יךָ לֹ֥א תַעֲמֹ֖ד עַל־דַּ֣ם רֵעֶ֑ךָ אֲנִ֖י...
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Timing is Everything
Friday May 2, 2025/4 Iyar 5785 Hevre/Friends, What a nice coincidence to preside over a bris on Tuesday during this week’s Torah portion...
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Sing Your Way to Freedom
Friday April 18, 2025/20 Nisan 5785/Pesach Hevre/Friends, The Torah readings for the days of Passover together retell the epic of our...
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Have a Terrible Passover!
Friday April 11, 2025/13 Nisan 5785/Pesach Hevre/Friends, With Pesach just days away, I struggled this week when, at the end of meetings...
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Answer the Call
Friday April 4, 2025/6 Nisan 5785 Parashat Vayikra Hevre/Friends, וַיִּקְרָ֖א אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֵלָ֔יו מֵאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵ֖ד...
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Preparing for Freedom
Friday March 28, 2025/28 Adar 5785 Parashat Pekudei/Shabbat Hachodesh Hevre/Friends, This Shabbat - Shabbat Hachodesh - announces the...
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Finding Home
Friday March 21, 2025/21 Adar 5785 Parashat Vayakhel Hevre/Friends, Spring has arrived and with it warmer temperatures, melting snow,...
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Joy and Mourning
Friday March 14, 2025/14 Adar 5785/Purim Parashat Ki Tisa Hevre/Friends, As Shabbat arrives, the conclusion to the week of shiva for...
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Picture This
Friday March 8, 2025/7 Adar 5785/Shabbat Zachor Parashat Tetzave Hevre/Friends, Yesterday Andi and I had the sweetest pleasure of...
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Where do you do Jewish?
Friday February 28, 2025/30 Sh'vat 5785/Rosh Chodesh Adar Parashat Terumah Friends/Hevre, Of the many different names for God imagined...
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Friends in all kinds of places
Friday February 14, 2025/16 Sh'vat 5785 Parashat Yitro Friends/Hevre, Driving back to New York from Montreal this past Tuesday I did...
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Don't Just Pray. Do Something.
Friday February 7, 2025/9 Sh'vat 5785 Parashat B'Shalach/Shabbat Shirah Friends/Hevre, It’s a tense moment when this week’s portion,...
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Spiritual Alchemy
Friday January 31, 2025/2 Sh'vat 5785 Parashat Bo Friends/Hevre, Yesterday we welcomed the new month of Sh'vat during which we'll mark...
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These are the names...
Friday January 24, 2025/24 Tevet 5785 Parashat Vaera Friends/Hevre, Emily Damari. Romi Gonen. Doron Steinbrecher. Names seared into our...
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And the bush was not consumed...
Friday January 17, 2025/17 Tevet 5785 Parashat Shemot Friends/Hevre, Could it really be happening? Could the hostages finally be coming...
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