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Posted 3/11/2016 3:41 PM |
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The Social Animal
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
At the beginning of Vayakhel Moses performs a tikkun, a mending of the past, namely the sin of the Golden Calf. The Torah signals this by using essentially the same word at the beginning of both episodes. It e ....
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Posted 3/4/2016 4:17 PM |
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The Closeness of God
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
The more I study the Torah, the more conscious I become of the immense mystery of Exodus 33. This is the chapter set in the middle of the Golden Calf narrative, between chapter 32 describing the sin and its co ....
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Posted 2/26/2016 3:34 PM |
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Posted 2/18/2016 10:05 PM |
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The Gift of Giving:
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
It was the first Israelite house of worship, the first home Jews made for God. But the very idea is fraught with paradox, even contradiction. How can you build a house for God? He is bigger than anything we ....
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Posted 2/12/2016 4:01 PM |
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Posted 2/12/2016 3:59 PM |
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Posted 2/5/2016 3:06 PM |
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To Thank Before we Think
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
One of the most famous phrases in the Torah makes its appearance in this week’s parsha. It has often been used to characterise Jewish faith as a whole. It consists of two words: na’aseh venishma, literally, ....
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Posted 2/5/2016 2:18 PM |
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To Thank Before We Think
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
The Ten Commandments are the most famous religious-and-moral code in history. Until recently they adorned American courtrooms. They still adorn most synagogue arks. Rembrandt gave them their classic artistic e ....
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Posted 1/29/2016 4:14 PM |
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On Not Predicting the Future - By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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Jacob was on his death-bed. He summoned his children. He wanted to bless them before he died. But the text begins with a strange semi-repetition:
“Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.
Assem ....
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Posted 12/25/2015 1:09 PM |
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Posted 12/18/2015 2:30 PM |
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Posted 12/17/2015 4:37 PM |
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Posted 12/11/2015 3:15 PM |
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Posted 12/10/2015 6:15 PM |
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Laws of Chanukah By Rabbi Michalowicz
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General Laws and Customs:
1. There is no requirement to have a festive meal on Chanukah. According to some opinions, there is a
Mitzvah to have festive meals to celebrate the rededication of the Temple. In order for such a meal to
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Posted 12/3/2015 11:12 PM |
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Posted 12/3/2015 11:09 PM |
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Feeling the Fear - By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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It is one of the most enigmatic episodes in the Torah, but also one of the most important, because it was the moment that gave the Jewish people its name: Israel, one who “wrestles with God and with men and prevails.”
Jacob, hearing th ....
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Posted 11/27/2015 2:23 PM |
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How the Light Gets In - By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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Why Jacob? That is the question we find ourselves asking repeatedly as we read the narratives of Genesis. Jacob is not what Noah was: righteous, perfect in his generations, one who walked with God. He did not, like Abraham, leave his land, his birt ....
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Posted 11/20/2015 2:35 PM |
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A Fathers Love - By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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“The boys grew up. Esau became a skilful hunter, a man of the outdoors; but Jacob was a mild man who stayed at home among the tents. Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob” (Gen. 25:27-28).
We have ....
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Posted 11/13/2015 1:47 PM |
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SHABBAT SHALOM - PARASHAH CHAYEI SARA
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Dvar Torah - By Michael Zaroovabeli
(This weeks Dvar Torah is dedicated to Rivkah Bat Chana who has had health problems recently, please pray for her to have a full refuah shelaima and feel better. If you would like to dedicate a Dvar Torah ....
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Posted 11/6/2015 4:07 PM |
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