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The 2018 Plague of Darkness #522

01/22/2018 11:11:01 PM

Jan22

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      Hello darkness, my old friend;

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#521: Moses -- Somewhere Over the Rainbow

01/16/2018 12:36:56 AM

Jan16

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This past December 25th, I rewatched one of the most treasured movies of my...Read more...

#520: The Power of Your Hebrew Name

01/08/2018 12:28:29 AM

Jan8

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A popular website which monitors facts relating to pregnancy, birth, and babies recently released its list...Read more...

#519: Your Ethical Will -- How Will Your Be Remembered?

01/03/2018 10:52:06 PM

Jan3

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There comes a...Read more...

#518: Pharaoh, Chanukah and the Environment

12/15/2017 09:56:35 PM

Dec15

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We live in a world where increasingly we are referred to as consumers rather than citizens.

We live in a disposable world.  Cellphones are upgraded every two years, while old ones languish in drawers until they are eventually tossed.

Computers,...Read more...

#517: Silence Breakers - Forgotten Women of the Torah

12/10/2017 05:12:23 PM

Dec10

Silence Breakers - Forgotten Women of the Torah

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Years before I decided to become a rabbi, our congregation in Canada interviewed several people for our then-vacant rabbinical position.

One candidate, leading the Amidah prayer, began...Read more...

We are Wrestlers with God #515

12/03/2017 05:44:27 PM

Dec3

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It is saddening, in my pastoral work, to see how consistently siblings, spouses, and friends will hold on to conflicts, no matter how old or "past due" they...Read more...

Rabbi Irwin Update #515: Running from Confrontation

11/26/2017 07:47:13 PM

Nov26

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About two weeks ago, I attended a lecture given by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, one of Judaism's foremost authors, philosophers and storytellers.

"Let me ask you," he said to those thousand-odd in the audience.  "Do you have friends you're not talking to?"Read more...

Judaism's "Flawed" Role Models #514

11/19/2017 07:47:58 PM

Nov19

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Before he passed away in February 2014, my mentor, Rabbi Joseph Ehrenkranz, shared a profound insight with me regarding why he believed the Torah is based on truth.

"The characters we read about are so...Read more...

#513: Hospitality -- Judaism's Family Business

11/10/2017 04:53:42 PM

Nov10

Hospitality -- Judaism's Family Business

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It was twenty years ago that Patte and I experenced from two young children one of Judaism's most important values.

It's a lesson embodied in this week's Parashah, Chayei Sarah -- and...Read more...

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