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Korach -- The Critic with No Answers #879

06/27/2025 05:00:00 PM

Jun27

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

 Parashat Korach                               

    Korach -- The Critic With No Answers

I would like to introduce you to the villain, Korach—the much-maligned main character of this week’s Torah portion.

Korach is the spirit within us that resorts to gossip and...Read more...

Embracing our "Weirdness" #878

06/20/2025 06:00:00 PM

Jun20

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

 Parashat Sh'lach                               

    Embracing our "Weirdness"

Returning to New York this week after a brief visit to “snowbirds” in Florida, I experienced something quite unremarkable:

My flight was delayed.

Perhaps it was due to the...Read more...

Israel and Iran - No Time for "Karet" #877

06/13/2025 05:00:00 PM

Jun13

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

 Parashat Beha'alotcha                               

    Israel and Iran - No Time for "Karet"

Sometimes I fear that, these days, too many feel cut off from Judaism, rather than being part of it.

“I am not kosher.” “I can’t read Hebrew.” “I don’t...Read more...

Every Job is Blessed, Man  #876

06/06/2025 05:00:00 PM

Jun6

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

 Parashat Nasso                                   

    Every Job is Blessed, Man

About a month ago, my wife and I escaped the damp climes of Glen Cove and retreated for five days to an old colonial inn located in northern Jamaica.

The inn had no real frills, and...Read more...

Which Tribe Are You? #875

05/30/2025 05:00:00 PM

May30

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

 Parashat Bamidbar                                      

    Which Tribe Are You?

When I travel, I am often approached by someone after they notice my kippah and refer to me as a”Member of the Tribe.”

No matter where we...Read more...

Re-balancing the rich and poor  #874

05/23/2025 05:00:00 PM

May23

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

 Parashat Behar-Bechukotai 

 “It shall be a jubilee for you.  Each of you shall return to his holding and each of your shall return to his family.” (Leviticus 25:12).                                           

    Re-balancing the rich and...Read more...

Tevye:  The World Changes, and We With It #873

05/16/2025 05:00:00 PM

May16

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

 Parashat Emor 

 “If anyone maims his fellow, as he has done, so shall it be done to him; fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.” (Leviticus 24:18-19).                                           

   Tevye: The World Changes, and We With...Read more...

 The Food  We  Waste #872

05/09/2025 05:00:00 PM

May9

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

 Parashat Achrei Mot-Kedoshim   

 “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap all the way to the edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest...you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger”—Leviticus 19:9-11                                              ...Read more...

Does Prayer Heal the Sick? #871

05/02/2025 05:00:00 PM

May2

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

 Parashat Tazria-Metzora                                                                      

   Does Prayer Heal the Sick? 

One of my most remarkable moments...Read more...

Pesach:  Things I Love and Hate #870

04/18/2025 05:00:00 PM

Apr18

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

Passover                                                                        

   Pesach:  Things I Love and Hate

Like anything Jewish, there are two sides to every...Read more...

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