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Category Archives: Shabbat

#ShowUpForShabbat – Responding to Terror

November 1, 2018

I believe that our political leaders have failed us. They want us to believe that their words don’t matter. But …

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Opening to the Mystery

July 15, 2018

We marked the beginning of this Shabbat on Friday the 13th which is generally considered an unlucky date. But in …

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Turning Darkness into Light

May 31, 2018

There are many ways to dispel darkness. We turn on lights all the time without thinking. But there are some …

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March for Our Lives

March 21, 2018

The following is an edited version of a letter that I sent to my congregation this afternoon. I have been …

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iPad, iPod, iPhone…. iDo

July 21, 2011

I was with a 84-year-old friend today who cheerfully admits to being a dinosaur.  Aside from a very old flip-phone (which …

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God’s Vocabulary

July 2, 2011

“God gave me mind and heart to learn divine matters from natural events.” So wrote Harold Schulweis while in the …

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Shabbat and Prayer

March 7, 2011

As promised, another thoughtful comment from a friend about Shabbat and how it’s observed.  Toby wrote: Shabbat in Jerusalem truly …

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God’s Signature

March 4, 2011

Dave Abramowitz, a DLTI participant (Davvenin’ Leadership Training Institute, aka Prayer Camp) was thinking about God as an artist.  Most artists sign …

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More about Shabbat Unplugged

March 3, 2011

It’s become evident that my friends are much more erudite and downright poetic than me.  I’ve received the most beautiful …

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Beyond Unplugging

March 2, 2011

The inherent problem with classical Judaism’s view of Shabbat is that it’s a series of don’ts.  Don’t do this, don’t …

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Rabbi Jennifer Singer

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