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By Rabbi Avrohom Litvin There are numerous great leaders that I have been privileged to meet. What makes the Rebbe stand out is this: Many rabbis care for the entire Jewish Nation – but the Rebbe cared for each individual … Read More
By Rabbi Matthew Derrenbacher Not long ago, we began the book of Numbers, Bamidbar, which opens with God speaking to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai and commanding him to take a census of all the men age 20 and … Read More
By Rabbi Laura Metzger Maybe the sun is shining while you are reading this. Maybe not. It’s raining today as I write. All the past week, the sun has remained muted behind a scrim of gray. The days have been … Read More
By Rabbi Avrohom Litvin I have a childhood memory of sitting with my siblings at a Passover Seder. We must have been quarreling and then asked our father for some type of gift. I remember my father saying: “A father … Read More
By Rabbi David Ariel-Joel Jews are a people who know very well what to do when the Jews are in trouble. We have a lot of experience in this. Our tradition teaches us that one of the things we need … Read More
D’varTorah Rabbi Ben Freed During the Passover seder, we use one of the rarer names of God: “םוקמה” Ha’makom. This name of God literally means “the place,” and its two best-known uses are in seder and at Shiva minyans when … Read More
D’var Torah Rabbi Avrohom Litvin I just heard of a young couple that has lived apart during the COVID pandemic. He lived in New York, she in Canada. The borders were closed, so they couldn’t be with each other physically. … Read More
D’var Torah Rabbi Simcha Snaid What does it mean to be a Jewish person? I am sure we have many different answers and views to this question. (I would love to hear yours; please send them to [email protected].) For now, … Read More
D’var Torah Rabbi David Ariel-Joel Shana Tova, y’all! We are in the month of Elul, the last and most important month of the Jewish year. This is the month when we prepare ourselves for the new year. It is a … Read More
D’var Torah Rabbi Ben Freed No athlete would show up to a big game without practicing. Actors, dancers and musicians spend countless hours rehearsing before they perform for a crowd. And yet, as Jews we often think that we are … Read More