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Shof'tim 5778: Whole Hearted

08/22/2018 05:29:18 PM

Aug22

Whole Hearted: Shof'tim 5778

Deuteronomy 18:9-13

(ט) כִּ֤י אַתָּ�"֙ �'ָּ֣א אֶל־�"ָאָ�"רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־�"' אֱלֹקֶ�-יךָ נֹתֵ֣ן לָ�'ךְ לֹֽא־תִלְמַ֣�" לַעֲשׂ�"וֹת כְּתוֹעֲ�'ֹ�-ת �"ַ�'ּוֹיִ֥ם �"ָ�"ֵֽם׃ (י) לֹֽא־יִמָּצֵ֣א �'ְךָ�" מַעֲ�'ִ֥יר �'ְּנֽוֹ־וּ�'ִתּ�-וֹ �'ָּאֵ�'שׁ...Read more...

R'eih 5778: Home Base

08/22/2018 05:27:32 PM

Aug22

Home Base | R'eih 5778

Deuteronomy 13:13-16 (י�') כִּֽי־תִשְׁמַ֞ע �'ְּאַ�-ַ֣ת עָרֶ�-יךָ אֲשֶׁר֩ �"' אֱלֹקֶ֜יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֛ לָשֶׁ֥�'ֶת שָׁ�-ם לֵאמֹֽר׃ (י�") יָצְא֞וּ אֲנָשִׁ֤ים �'ְּנֵֽי־�'ְלִיַּ֙עַל֙ מִקִּרְ�'ֶּ�"ךָ וַיַּ�"ִּ֛י�-וּ אֶת־יֹשְׁ�'ֵ֥י עִירָ�-ם לֵאמֹ�'ר...Read more...

Eikev 5778: Don't be so humble; you're not that great.

08/07/2018 09:29:02 PM

Aug7

Don't be so humble; you're not that great.

Eikev 5778

Deuteronomy 9:6-7

(ו) וְיָ�"ַעְתָּ�- כִּ֠י לֹ֤א �'ְצִ�"ְקָֽתְךָ֙ �"' אֱ֠לֹ�"ֶיךָ נֹתֵ֨ן לְךָ֜ אֶת־�"ָאָ֧רֶץ �"ַטּוֹ�'ָ֛�" �"ַ�-ֹּ�-את לְרִשְׁתָּ�'�"ּ כִּ֥י...Read more...

Va-Ethannan 5778: Who says?

08/07/2018 09:28:03 PM

Aug7

Va-Ethannan 2018

Ben Bowling was this year's valedictorian of Bell County High School in Pineville, Kentucky. Pineville is in the heart of coal country and overwhelmingly supported President Trump in the 2016 election, especially after he promised to bring coal jobs back to America.

Playing to the crowd, Ben said in his graduation remarks, “This is the part of my speech where I share some inspirational quotes I...Read more...

D'varim 5778: Thoughts and Prayers

08/07/2018 09:26:51 PM

Aug7

Devarim/ Shabbat Hazon 2018

How? How can this be? How can it have come to this? Today, on this Shabbat Hazon, we find ourselves in the midst of three great “hows” of lament that reverberate from the past. First, there was the “How” of Moses in this week's Torah portion, Devarim, the beginning of the book of Deuteronomy. “How can I bear unaided the trouble of you, and the burden, and the bickering” (Deut. 1:12),...Read more...

Mattot Mas'ei 5778: Triggers

08/07/2018 09:24:55 PM

Aug7

Mattot Mas'ei 2018

Like many Jews of my generation, I grew up hearing first-hand testimonies from Holocaust survivors, both in Jewish and secular contexts, like my public school. Often, these testimonies were accompanied by stern reminders that we would be the last generation that would directly encounter survivors. We would be responsible to ensure that their experiences and memory would not be...Read more...

Pinchas 5778: Transitioning Well

08/07/2018 07:01:41 PM

Aug7

Pinchas 2018 7/7/2018

Shabbat shalom! What an honor it is to finally be here. Today marks a significant transition in both my life and the life of this community, as I take my place as this congregation's rabbi. I approach this transition with a mixture of emotions, as I imagine many of you do. On the one hand, there is excitement about something new and hope that the future will hold many good things. But on the other...Read more...

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