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We Are the Solution #803

11/17/2023 06:47:00 PM

Nov17

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

Parashat Toldot

“And Isaac dug anew the wells which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham’s death.”    (Genesis 26:18)

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Teaching the World #802

11/10/2023 12:30:09 PM

Nov10

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

Parashat Chayei Sarah

“Will you go with this man?" And she said "I will." (Genesis 24:58)

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Living in a World of Babel #799

10/20/2023 05:22:00 PM

Oct20

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

Parashat Noach

“If, as one people with one language for all, this is how they have begun to act, then nothing that they may propose to do will be out of their reach.” (Genesis 11:7)

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 Hallowe'en and the Shopping Bag #797

10/06/2023 05:29:00 PM

Oct6

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

Hoshanah Rabbah/Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah 

Hallowe'en and the Shopping Bag

My mother used to tell the story of a life-changing incident that occurred on October 31, 1957.

I was a kind little soul who, at the age of four, had just learned to open...Read more...

We Are Blessed Where We Live #796

09/29/2023 03:44:00 PM

Sep29

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

The Holiday of Sukkot 

We Are Blessed Where We Live

Is there any symbol more central to the American Dream than owning your own home? What is it about a home that makes it so special?

For many, it represents the culmination of dedication and hard work; it...Read more...

Moses' Final Lesson:  It's Like Rain #795

09/22/2023 05:39:00 AM

Sep22

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

Parashat  Ha'Azinu

"May my discourse come down as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like showers on young growth, like droplets on the grass."  (Deuteronomy 32:2)    

Moses's Final Lesson: It's Like the Rain

For...Read more...

The Essence of Judaism  #794

09/08/2023 03:29:00 PM

Sep8

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

Parashat Nitzavin-Vayeilech 

"Surely this instruction which I enjoin you today in not too baffling for you, nor is it beyond reach." -- (Deuteronomy 30:11)    

The Essence of Judaism

Not a day passes without my sharing a favorite...Read more...

God Is Not Santa Claus  #793

09/01/2023 06:03:00 PM

Sep1

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

Parashat Ki Tavo 

"I, God will speed up everything in its time." -- (Isaiah 60:20)    

God is Not Claus

In the early pages, he asks, “What is the most difficult commandment to keep?”

After considering many...Read more...

Remembering the Gift Card   #792

08/25/2023 04:59:00 PM

Aug25

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

Parashat Ki Teitzei 

"Blot out the remembrance of Amakek from under heaven." -Deuteronomy 25:19

    Remembering the Gift Card

About five years ago, our Hebrew school conducted a program that dazzled the children who...Read more...

Does God Pull the Strings?  #791

08/18/2023 03:44:00 PM

Aug18

Rabbi Irwin Huberman

Parashat Shoftim

    Does God Pull the Strings?

During the early-1970s, for a brief period, my mother became a local folk hero.

She gained a reputation as a foreteller of the future.

Each year, our synagogue held a fund-raising “bazaar.” Aside from selling used clothing, furniture, kitchen items and chachkes to...Read more...

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