Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 08 Aug 2012 /
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Hi, We’ve spent quiet a while on the portion of Kedoshim. “Be holy.” We’ve seen many rituals and many moral and ethical obligations. Which brings me back to Purim! (It doesn’t take much)! … Haman. The villain of the Purim story. The prototype of the anti Semite. He convinces the King to destroy the Jewish […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 04 Jul 2012 /
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Hi, It’s me again. … I know what you were thinking as you read today’s Torah Minute. “He’s going to ask us to say grace after meals. A glass of water wasn’t enough for him”! I can’t say it didn’t enter my mind! But I decided to ask you to do something else. Join CTN […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 07 May 2012 /
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Hi, We can’t seem to avoid it. The Torah keeps coming back to weddings! Now its time for Jacob to find a wife. (Genesis, 28:1-4) … Isaac gives Jacob a charge. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women.” Or in other words, “Don’t marry out.” And Isaac sends Jacob to look in his […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 02 May 2012 /
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Happy Purim eve. I’m already into the spirit of Purim! It’s the happiest day in the Jewish calendar. What’s the last thing that would come to mind when we think Purim? Yom Kippur. Two opposites. But Jewish tradition says that there’s a connection. What do Yom Kippur and Purim have in common? They are both […]