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10 Tammuz 5782 To listen to recorded message from Ranebi’s 5779 message, click on https://youtu.be/DRHYf1Wus2U Are you willing and able to comfort a friend? To listen to the Discussion Group https://youtu.be/MNVWyirLdog The word Chukkat comes from the Hebrew, chok – חוק meaning statute, ordinance, or regulation, which according to our sages has no logical explanation, and needs […]
3 Tammuz 5782 The Consequences of Envy To hear the recorded message: https://youtu.be/Tx8DDiQs5UA A rich man once said: “People always want you to do well, but never better than them.” We have also heard the expression “the grass is always greener on the other side“. There is a metaphor about a free bird wanting food […]
26 Sivan 5782 Recording: https://youtu.be/k8losESf1VY “Granting petitions, not whims” As I was reading this week’s portion, Shelach Lecha, which means “send for yourself”, I realized how deceitful our intentions are, and how they can negatively affect us. Our intentions can distort and confuse our requests, so we must be wise about what we ask for […]
19 Sivan 5782 To listen to the recording click on: https://youtu.be/lz4S6pYXsr8 When I read the Torah and take a step back to see the greater picture, I find principles that bring us life and when we search its pages, even on the surface, we can glean powerful teachings that we can apply that will make a […]
Adapted from our Rabbi’s message on Sivan 14 5780 To listen to the live message click on :https://youtube.com/watch?v=-lFMH2cqfRQ&feature=share Do you “Feel” Called by God? Parashat Naso נָשֹׂא is the second reading in the book of Bamidbar (Numbers), and continues the census of the people of Israel, now with the Leviim (Levites). The Creator chose the thirteen tribes, […]
5 Sivan 5782 Why do we count 50 days to Shavuot? To listen to recording: https://youtu.be/5RlZ9R0d34c The journey through the Sinai desert required order, organization, and discipline. The book of Bamidbar contains a considerable number of regulations regarding their physical life in the desert daily as well as their spiritual lives, represented by the Mishkan […]
27 Iyar 5782 To listen to the recorded message, click on https://youtu.be/VuYwcTB9STM As I look back at the book of Vayikra to summarize, I am more and more amazed to see how the Torah ties different themes together with a single goal: Keeping God’s Covenant with his people valid. The book of Shemot ends with […]
It’s a matter of Trust! 20 Iyar 5782 To hear the recorded message click on:https://youtu.be/9ddQ021WfKw Our Rabbi Netanel, Ranebi repeated that the Torah is not chronological, it’s not historical although our history is within its pages. He reminded us that when we read it, to look at it as a mosaic. When we get too close […]
14 Iyar 5782 To hear our Rabbi’s live recorded message, click on: https://youtu.be/xAY22cGv98g Parashat Emor speaks of the importance of the role of the kehunat, the priesthood, of Israel. Moses was told to tell his older brother Aaron that he would be the Cohen HaGadol, the head of this priesthood. How could Aaron have been chosen […]
6 Iyar 5782 To hear the recorded message, click on https://youtu.be/sNPmbrxVCqI From Parashah Kedoshim we learn that the sacred, the holy, is not achieved by separating ourselves from the rest of the congregation, but simply by walking side by side with others; otherwise, what is the point of being “holy”; it is only for ourselves? […]
