d'Var Torah
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Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a man decided to take a hike through some hills.
He had planned a 25-mile hike. When he reached the 24-mile mark, he got very tired and wished a car would come …
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12/3/20
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Genesis 19:26 reads as follows: “But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.”
A very curious and enigmatic verse. Biblical commentators find it difficult to …
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11/6/20
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Here we stand, mourning 200,000 lives lost to COVID, surrounded by the divisiveness of an ugly election year, fully feeling the weight of pandemic life that continues to weigh us down.
Now, …
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10/2/20
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I am looking forward to ushering in the year 5781. There. I said it.
Yes, I acknowledge the sadness of not seeing my friends at shul.
Yes, I feel the loss of not sharing meals …
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9/3/20
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Have you ever pretended that you were one of the Israelites during the 40-year Exodus? Not a pleasant thought, perhaps. After all, if you were an adult at the beginning of the journey, it meant that …
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8/7/20
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During the COVID-19 crisis, many people have remarked on the way that time seems to be moving both more slowly and more quickly than usual.
During this “stay at home” time, we can …
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7/3/20
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It now seems like years ago that we were grieving not being in-person for our Passover seders, and dreaming up creative, safer alternatives to large gatherings of family and friends. Now, many of us …
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6/5/20
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Jewish holidays are rooted in historical events and in the life cycles of plants indigenous to the land of Israel.
We are now in the time of the Omer. On the day after the full moon of Pesach, our …
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4/30/20
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The first Pesach seder is on April 8 this year. It is traditionally spent with family and friends. Some congregations celebrate the first or second seder as a community. This year, the COVID-19 …
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4/5/20
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On Monday night, March 9, and Tuesday, March 10, we will celebrate Purim – a holiday we often think of as a day for kids, when we dress in costume, go to Purim carnivals, and eat more …
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3/8/20
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