Really Meaning Never Again - Yom HaShoah Sermon 5777

Two friends are sitting in a pub late one evening and the championship basketball game comes on the television. They watch as the team ...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Shelach - Helping us Remember

As I get older I find that my memory has got progressively worse and I forget a lot of things.   Today I live my life according to a “...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Yitro - Dividing the Ten Commandments

When we think about the Ten Commandments we assume them to be a set list of Ten Commandments that God spoke to the Israelites at Mount Sin...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Bo - Sharing our Story

One of the things I often think about is how we maintain, keep, and preserve the stories of previous generations.  I know that my grandpare...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Behalotecha - Include don't Exclude

Often, with the time of Pesach in America, the Seder night comes close to tax season which, for a lot of accountants, is their busiest and ...

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TCS Question - Why do we sit shiva?

Judaism has long understood the psychology of grief and mourning. Since the time of the Talmud there has been a structured and defined proc...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Ekev - Remembering where we've come from

On one of my first trips to New York City I participated in a tour of the Lower East Side.  It was quite amazing to see where the Jewish co...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Devarim - Moses' Memory

A few weeks ago I was having a conversation with a friend where we were reminiscing about some events from our past.  While we, broadly spe...

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