Rabbi’s Blog
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Parshat Nasso – “Drink Coca Cola”
June 10, 2022
Dear Friends, One of the remarkable things that the human mind is capable of doing is having the ability to “ingest” information and run with it. By looking at an […]
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Parshat Bamidbar / Shavuot – Active listening
June 3, 2022
Dear Friends, In 1957, Carl Rogers introduced the world to the concept of “active listening.” Active listening shifts the focus on listening to the speaker and responding so that the […]
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Parshat Bechukotai – Are we reading less or more?
May 27, 2022
Dear Friends, Often on zoom, I get comments about the number of books that line my dining room shelves they see in the background of my screen. It piqued my […]
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Parshat Behar – Make it Count
May 20, 2022
Dear Friends, In Israel, even the most simplistic and mundane things are sure to be a unique experience. For example, for most of us living outside of Israel, when posing […]
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Parshat Kedoshim – The Devil is in the Details
May 6, 2022
Dear Friends, This week’s parsha has one of the largest number of commandments that appears in any one section of the Torah. One question that has challenged Judaism throughout the […]
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Parshat Metzora / Shabbat HaGadol – ‘Status quo’
April 8, 2022
Dear Friends, In the haftarah for Parshat Metzora (which we won’t be reading this year due to Shabbat Hagadol), we usually read the fascinating story of the four metzora’im (lepers) who […]