Rebekah loved Jacob. She had received an oracle from G-d in which she was told: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Scks
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11/27/19
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This Shabbat Shuvah is named after the stirring words of Hoshea that are found in our haftarah:
Return, O Israel (Shuvah Yisrael), to the L-rd your G-d, for you have stumbled in your iniquity. …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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9/9/21
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Moses’ long and tempestuous career is about to end. With words of blessing and encouragement he hands on the mantle of leadership to his successor Joshua, saying “I am 120 years old …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks zt"l
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9/29/22
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When I was in Officer’s course, we had a Battalion Commander named Eyal, who made an indelible impression on me. A kibbutznik from the Golan, he was rather short, of slight build, not exactly the image of the mighty war hero. But he was one of those men who had been there; he was a veteran of the Yom Kippur war, and during the first week of the course he told us a story that came with a challenge.
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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11/6/13
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Discerning between innocent and perpetrator requires the ability to hear the larger story.
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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8/18/14
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It was her eyes that really captured me; there was an intense sadness there mixed with pain, and yet every now and then a flash of fire that seemed to suggest … defiance?
As the …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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2/4/15
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Sefer Bereishit contains the narratives of a number of larger-than-life individuals whose values and behaviors guide us until this very moment. In broad terms, it is the story of Adam and Eve, Noah, …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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12/21/16
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Naaseh v’nishmah” (we will do and we will hear / understand) are arguably two of the most famous words that appear in this week’s parasha, Mishpatim. When the Jewish people uttered …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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2/24/17
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T he beginning of our parasha , Shelach, offered the possibility of the immediate implementation of Judaism’s ultimate goals: Moshe would have been the Mashiach who led our people into Eretz …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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6/15/17
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One of the more profound lessons in our liturgy can be found in Tehillim 128: “See the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.” Beyond Jerusalem itself, the verse serves as an …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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6/27/18
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