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Is there a Great Architect? Parashat Kedoshim begins in Vayikra 19:1-2: “יהוה spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the entire Israelite community and say to them: You shall be holy (kadosh), for I, your GOD יהוה, am holy.” Another way of saying this is: “Tell all the Israelites that they are to be a people […]
8 Iya Deciding to Live What is life? What is death? Consciousness? Unconsciousness? These questions remind me of the words of a song performed by Kansas, an alternative rock band when I was young; it says, “all we are is dust in the wind”. I believe this idea falls short because it refers to the […]
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? […]
Iyar 8 5780 True Morality Comes from above, Not from Us! Acharei Mot (After the death) speaks about the tragic death of Aaron’s two sons. This is followed by the rules for the rituals at Yom Kippur so that no one else would meet with the same fate as these two young men. The two […]
God is the God of beginning again! Over the past eight years or so I have been bringing you teachings that differ from most synagogues and religious groups. I have called myself anti-religious. The word religious can be misunderstood; for some people it means something good and for others, something negative. As a young man, […]
6 Iyar 5776 פרשת קְדֹשִׁים, ו’ אייר, תשע”ו Kedoshim contains crucial teachings from the Torah. Over the past eight years or so I have been bringing you teachings that differ from most synagogues and religious groups. I have called myself anti-religious. The word religious can be misunderstood; for some people it means something good […]
