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#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...

The Real Sin of Sodom and Gemorrah #512

11/04/2017 07:29:30 PM

Nov4

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There are many passages in the Torah which have been misinterpreted in order to pervert God's word.

This...Read more...

Go Forth: My Personal Journey #511

10/28/2017 05:26:41 PM

Oct28

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It was a rainy evening in November 2003 when I picked my wife up at Edmonton International Airport.

She got into the car and reached for her seatbelt. "I have something important to share with you," she...Read more...

Noah, alcohol and the challenge of addiction #510

10/23/2017 09:48:53 PM

Oct23

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There are two festivals of the year during which Jews are actually encouraged to drink.

One is Purim. According to the Talmud, we are obliged to consume wine...Read more...

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