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That month is called Elul.
Elul comes right before Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—the holiest days of the Jewish year. Instead of just showing up to synagogue and hoping for the best, our tradition says: prepare your heart. Transformation doesn’t happen in an instant. It takes intention, practice, and time. Elul gives us that time.
This month is about teshuva, a word often translated as “repentance” but more accurately meaning “return....
Progressive Jews must stay in relationship with other progressive people and confront antisemitism when it happens.
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I made this video to expand a little and talk about what I wrote in Losing a Generation…
Also, please forgive Stella’s snoring in the background.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:
So last week I wrote a Substack piece titled it basically Losing a Generation. And I'll add it here, and I want to talk about it a little bit in this video, because it's gotten a lot of attention. Um, and in the essay, I say we are losing a generation of Jewish people, and...
My Jewish values inform how move through the world and I believe they can be a wonderful guide to help anyone regardless if you are Jewish I believe Jewish values are universal and can help everyone. Today we are going to talk about disagreements. Sadly, even though social media and the 24-hour news cycle may make us feel more con...
The Cloud is a guiding force for the Israelites and for all of us
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On November 1, 2018 I gave a talk on Authentic Identities at Elon University, where I serve as the Campus Rabbi. The talk was shortly after the horrible events in Kentucky and Pittsburgh. I shared my story and journey of becoming a Jew and a rabbi. I talked about the racism I face in the Jewish community, antisemitism and our current political rhetoric. I hope you enjoy this special episode.
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In honor of Rosh Hodesh. I am dedicating this week's Minutes of Torah to all the women who have felt silenced
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Welcome to Episode 59 of Hineni Jewish Prayer. Today we will focus on the prayer that is often called the bathroom blessing. Thanking God for allowing one to do their business in the morning. I don't see this blessing as simple a bathroom blessing. I see it as a blessing thanking God for creating me exactly who I am
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Welcome to this episode of Minutes of Torah. This past week has been hard for many of us and I am dedicating this podcast to speak about the violence in our country. Olam Hesed Yibaneh -We will build this world of love
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This week we are in the Torah Portion Vayeira. My plan for today was to continue our conversation on faith but something jumped out at me as I was reading this week’s torah portion. So today we will talk about faith and Justice.
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This week we have another story about going out on faith. This week we read Torah portion Lech Lecha which means to Go forth or let’s Go.
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This week we enter into the Torah Portion Noach where God tells Noah to build an enormous Ark. God instructs Noah to build this Ark because God is going to destroy the world with a massive flood. Now keep in mind that Noah probably lives nowhere near water and I’m sure he thought “This is a Crazy idea!” but on faith and faith alone Noah builds the Ark as God has instructed him to do so.
So, What is Faith?
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