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The Story of the Trustee Siblings (Yom Kippur – Night 09/16/21)

Posted on September 17, 2021

The Story of the Trustee Siblings There’s a short story by Leo Tolstoy that I’d like to share with you tonight. I know what you’re thinking, “Knowing the rabbi, it’s Continue Reading »

Self-Discover and Self-Empowerment (Yom Kippur – Day 09/16/21)

Posted on September 17, 2021

Self-Discover and Self-Empowerment We Jews are an interesting group, a quandary. As a whole, we don’t attend daily or weekly services, but we do come for the High Holidays. You’ll Continue Reading »

Embracing a New Spiritual Paradigm – Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Posted on September 10, 2021

Embracing a New Spiritual Paradigm In a little while, we’re going to sing Pete Seeger’s famous anthem, “We Shall Overcome”: We shall live in peace, some day Oh, deep in Continue Reading »

Repeats and Changes: Israel and our Youth – Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Posted on September 10, 2021

Repeats and Changes:  Israel and our Youth Shana Tova, good Yom Tov, thank you for joining us today. First and foremost, I’m thrilled to see so many of you here Continue Reading »

How Many Mitzvot? (08/07/21)

Posted on August 10, 2021

How Many Mitzvot? Perhaps, I am making progress in my studies. For the past thirty years, a certain piece of Talmud has baffled me, but now I think I’ve arrived Continue Reading »

Lecha Dodi Take 2 (Balak – 06/26/21)

Posted on June 29, 2021

Lecha Dodi Take 2 The heyday of Spanish Jewry lasted around 600 years (from the 900s to 1492). When I think of Sefardic Judaism, the first things that come to my Continue Reading »

Championing Meritocracy (Korach – 06/12/21)

Posted on June 15, 2021

Championing Meritocracy Reading Parshat Korach, it’s easy to get frustrated. How much proof do the Children of Israel need for the matter to be settled? Why were we so obstinate? Continue Reading »

Israel from an Insider’s Perspective (Nasso – 5/22/21)

Posted on May 25, 2021

Israel from an Insider’s Perspective Lately, many of our conversations have been about taking off our masks and returning to normalcy. I attended the Pro-Israel rally on Sunday in Great Continue Reading »

Protected: MHJC Proposed Budget 2021-2022

Posted on May 12, 2021

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Living with Faith (Behar/Bechukotai – 05/08/21)

Posted on May 11, 2021

Living with Faith We strive to live sound, logical lives. From when we’re young we plan a trajectory of how our life will play out: education, employment, dating, marriage, (suburban) Continue Reading »

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