Thursday, April 26, 2012

Tazria-Metzora: When a Ritual Needs to Jump Off the Page

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Very often in life, there's a BIG difference between theory and practice. A rule on paper is very different from how it's impleme...
Friday, April 20, 2012

Shemini: The Holiness of Community Theater

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Hello everyone, I know it's been a little while since my last blog post; I kind of disappeared on a bit of an unannounced hiatus. Sor...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Tzav: A Simple Question

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For the past three years I've done four Passover Seders a season. If you lived in Israel, you'd do one. If you weren't a rabbi...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Vayikra: Why Is This Question Different From All Other Questions?

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In order to avoid broken-record-syndrome (kids, ask your parents what a 'record' is, and what it would sound like if it got scratch...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Vayakhel-Pekudei: How Should We Purify Ourselves for Pesach? Don't Ash Me!

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We are right now in the middle of a period known as the Four Special Shabbatot before Pesach (and, of course, there are five of them...). ...
Thursday, March 8, 2012

Ki Tisa: A Golden Opportunity

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Don't you find the Golden Calf story inspiring? I think it is often misunderstood as an embarrassing blemish on our communal history, wh...
Monday, March 5, 2012

A Purim Sermon on Evil Foods...

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Last Saturday, I delivered a special Purim-related sermon during Saturday morning services. A few congregants asked if I would put the sermo...