Moses Says Goodbye: Three Parting Messages #747
10/07/2022 05:37:46 PM
Parashat Ha'Azinu: “May my discourse come down as the rain, my speech distill like the dew.” (Deuteronomy 32:2)
This week in synagogue, we will read the second to last parashah in...Read more...
Returning To Our Innocence #746
09/30/2022 06:20:32 PM
Parashat Veyelech
Returning To Our Innocence
When I was about six years old, my father took me on a very important mission.
It was my cousin’s second birthday party, and it coincided with my father being awarded rights to sell go-karts in our little corner of suburban Montreal.
My father – who was and will always be a bit of a performer – dressed up in a clown suit. And with...Read more...
Judaism: Not That Complicated #745
09/23/2022 05:08:37 PM
Parashat Nitzvavim:"God has put before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life, so that you and your offspring will truly live.” (Deuteronomy 30:19)
Judaism: Not That Complicated
My mentor, Rabbi Joseph Ehrenkranz of blessed memory, would say, “Judaism is the perfect religion ruined only by the people who practice it.”
How complicated we make religion.
Although...Read more...
Where Is Your Promised Land? #744
09/16/2022 05:15:56 PM
Parashat Ki Tavo: “When you enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you as a heritage…” Deuteronomy 26:1
Where Is Your Promised Land?
The relationship between American Jews and Israel has not always been easy.
Some would call it tense.
During the early 1950s, a raw nerve became exposed when Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, delivered a series of...Read more...
Growing Up With The Queen #743
09/09/2022 05:39:39 PM
Parashat Ki Teitzei
Growing Up With The Queen
I am my mother’s son.
For many years, as I was growing up in Montreal, Queen Elizabeth II, in many ways, was a cherished member of our family.
One of Mom’s prized possessions was a black and white photo of King George and Queen Elizabeth’s motorcade taken in 1939 by her high school’s caretaker.
She attended...Read more...
Tzedakah: What Does it Really Mean? #742
09/02/2022 06:13:32 PM
Parashat Shoftim "Justice justice shall you pursue." Deuteronomy 16:20
Tzedakah: What Does it Really Mean?
There is a story about Jack Ain, one of our past presidents, who years ago - at the end of weekday services - would collect money from those present.
After services, a stream of financially challenged local residents – some homeless – would often appear at the synagogue...Read more...
What is Kosher to You? #741
08/26/2022 02:14:19 PM
Parashat Re'eh
What is Kosher to You?
When I enter a dollar store, I sometimes wonder if I am doing the right thing.
Of course, like many, I like to conserve resources. A Talmudic teaching says that the money we save by spending less is the extra money we can give toward tzedakah (charity) or investing in the education or the welfare of our families.
But...Read more...
What's In Your Mezuzah? #740
08/19/2022 02:29:37 PM
Parashat Eikev: "And you shall write them on the doorposts of your homes, and in your gates." (Deuteronomy 6:9)
What's In Your Mezuzah?
On a particularly cold night in Edmonton, Canada, as we were having dinner, the doorbell rang.
“Good evening, we are from the Diabetes Association,” the middle-aged man at the door informed me, his words piercing through the cold fog. Next to...Read more...
Why Two Shabbat Candles? #739
08/12/2022 05:58:18 PM
Parashat Va'etchanan: "Observe the Shabbat"
Why Two Shabbat Candles?
About 20 years ago, a rabbi conducted an informal survey to identify the question most asked by Jews of their rabbi.
Could it be, “What is the meaning of life?” or “Why were we born?” or “Where do we go after our earthly days are over?”
No. Not even close. According to the rabbi, The answer was: “Why...Read more...
The Places of Our Lives #738
08/05/2022 05:49:04 PM
Parashat Devarim
“There are places I’ll remember,
All my life though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain.”
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, 1965
The Places of Our Lives
We live in a time of miracles.
How remarkable it is that we can text a friend or relative anywhere on the globe, and the message is...Read more...
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