by susan-adm1n | Jul 14, 2020 | Sermons & Divrei Torah
One of my student pulpits was in Kauneonga Lake, NY, in the Catskills. From July 4th weekend through Labor Day, the bungalow communities, hotels and communities come alive as many Orthodox Jews from the city come up to spend the summer in the fresh air. A weekly...
by susan-adm1n | Mar 6, 2020 | Sermons & Divrei Torah
In looking at our current Torah readings, which contain detailed and repetitive instructions for the building of the Mishkan (sanctuary) in the wilderness–along with the things that will go in it and around it–and the special wardrobe for the kohanim who will...
by susan-adm1n | Sep 12, 2018 | Sermons & Divrei Torah
When I was a teenager, I loved going to Rabbi Wallin’s Tuesday evening Talmud class. I can’t tell you anything that I learned all those years ago, but I fell in love with Talmud, the sing-song voice in which it was often read, and the interesting explanations and...
by susan-adm1n | Mar 23, 2018 | Sermons & Divrei Torah
This Shabbat is Shabbat haGadol, the Shabbat immediately preceding Passover, and traditionally, it was one of the two Shabbats where the rabbi would give a loooong sermon, the other being Shabbat Shuva, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The purpose of this...
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