Rosh Hashanah 5783 Day 2: The Power of Kindness
10/06/2022 11:51:10 AM
Rabbi Ben Goldberg
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Some years ago, I met an extraordinary woman who taught me the power of kindness.
I spent a summer working as a hospital chaplain, where I was assigned to the Intensive Care Unit. My job was at once straightforward and extraordinarily complex: I was to visit patients and their families, offering them spiritual support during their time of...Read more...
Rosh Hashanah 5783 Day 1: Can We Be Together?
10/06/2022 10:57:07 AM
Rabbi Ben Goldberg
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Can we be together?
It was pointed out to me some months ago that this deceptively simple question is in fact the defining question of this moment, for rabbis and Jewish leaders, but really for all of us.
Can we be together?
Allow me to catalog the reasons why being together might not, in fact, be as straightforward as it sounds, or as...Read more...
Emor 2022: Thoughts and Actions
05/13/2022 11:23:47 AM
Rabbi Ben Goldberg
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This week’s Torah portion, Emor, contains, among other things, various sacrificial laws.
We read: “When you sacrifice a thanksgiving offering to the LORD, sacrifice it so that it may be acceptable in your favor (lirtzonkhem)” (Leviticus 22:29). What is the function of the word ratzon (will, desire, favor) in this verse?
Initially, this may have indicated that the thanksgiving offering specifically was optional, not...Read more...
Laws and Rules: Aharei Mot 2022
04/20/2022 01:44:04 PM
Rabbi Ben Goldberg
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A passage in this week’s Torah portion, Aharei Mot, like many in the Torah, impresses upon its audience the need to observe the mitzvoth.
“My rules alone shall you observe, and faithfully follow My law: I the LORD am your God (Leviticus 18:4), we read.
The passage is potentially redundant: is there a difference between rules (mishpatim) and laws (hukkim)?
Yes, answers the commentator Rashi. “Laws” are those...Read more...
Va-yera 5780: Laughter
11/19/2019 03:45:44 PM
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Va-yera 2019 This week, I had occasion to visit another synagogue in the New York area. It is nowhere near here, and I will not name it in order to protect the innocent. As I wandered around looking for my meeting, I saw a large sign near the door to their children's playground, saying: “No high heels on the playground surface,” accompanied by a graphic of an extremely high-heeled shoe with a red circle and diagonal line around it. I...Read more...
Noach 5780: Believing and Not Believing
11/07/2019 03:22:51 PM
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Yom Kippur/Yizkor 5780: Good Grief
10/10/2019 02:46:08 PM
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Kol Nidre 5780: Apologies, Good and Bad
10/10/2019 02:38:06 PM
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Rosh Hashanah 5780 Day 2: Cup of Gratitude
10/02/2019 12:22:33 AM
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As you may know, I spend an hour at Starbucks once a week in an attempt to make myself accessible to the congregation and the broader community. Now, for a shameless plug�"please come by any Thursday from 8-9am to chat. While I often do end up speaking with someone, I also spend a lot of time watching people come in and out to get their morning coffee. Most people seem to want to get in and out as quickly as possible. And nowadays, with the...Read more...
Rosh Hashanah 5780 Day 1: Faith Over Fear
10/02/2019 12:21:37 AM
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