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Yitro – Chosen? For What?

by Rabbi Paul • February 10, 2025 • 0 Comments

In the classic Broadway musical “Fiddler On the Roof” the main character Tevye the dairyman ironically quips while entreating G-d, “I know, I know. We are Your chosen people. But, once in a while, can’t You choose someone else?” In…

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B’shalach – Stuck In the Middle With You

by Rabbi Paul • February 3, 2025 • 1 Comment

There’s something fascinating about the structure of this week’s parasha. The third word in this portion, B’shalach, is “Pharaoh,” and the third-to-last word is “Amalek.” Pharaoh represents oppression—he enslaved Israel, killed its firstborn, and attempted to destroy the people entirely.…

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Bo – Reading Renewal Forward

by Rabbi Paul • January 27, 2025 • 0 Comments

Let’s talk about renewal. There’s something powerful about starting fresh—about moving forward, not just physically, but spiritually. It’s about embracing change and becoming more of who we’re meant to be as Israel, the people of the God of Israel. To…

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Va’eira – Accepting Our Heritage

by Rabbi Paul • January 21, 2025 • 0 Comments

It has been said that the life of Moses can be seen as three distinct movements, forty years each.  First Moses spends the first forty years thinking he is somebody. He has fallen by providence into the royal court of…

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Shemot – What’s to Know?

by Rabbi Paul • January 13, 2025 • 0 Comments

Listen to an audio version What is in a name? This is an apropos question since this week’s parsha begins with lots of names. In fact it is called Names or Shemot in Hebrew. It begins v’aleh shemot b’nei yisrael…

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Vayechi – Body and Soul

by Rabbi Paul • January 6, 2025 • 0 Comments

Listen to an audio version The significance that this week’s parshah, Vayechi,is bookended by two deaths, those of Jacob and Joseph, is both unavoidable and undeniable. But the events concerning the burial of both patriarchs, and the emphasis on their…

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