This week, in Parasha Naso, we encounter one of the most famous passages of Torah. In Numbers 6 we read what is called the “priestly benediction”. God speaks to Moses who is instructed to speak [Read more…]
Rabbi Michael Dolgin of Temple Sinai in Toronto recently led a session on Medically Assisted Dying for Toronto Board of Rabbis. We are grateful for his permission to repost the audio and the printed texts [Read more…]
I have been fascinated by the recent court case in Iowa involving Mr. Henry Rayhons, who was arrested soon after his wife, Donna, died last August. Why? Mrs. Rayhons had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and [Read more…]
So we come this weekend to the festival of “Shavuot”, probably the least observed of our Big 5 festivals. Rosh Hoshonnah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Pesach–all fairly well know and, in their own way, observed. But [Read more…]
This Shabbat we come to the beginning of the 4th book of Torah: Numbers. Our long journey in the wilderness continues in this book which takes its’ name from the Hebrew “Bemidbar”, often translated as [Read more…]
So, week two of being unable to walk, in full left leg brace, post surgery. This has been a very interesting experience , so far. I go back to surgeon tomorrow with a hope that [Read more…]
Charleston, SC. I have grown to have, in these last few days, a greater appreciation of people who spend much of life in a wheelchair or trying to negotiate walking on crutches. I am writing [Read more…]
Guest Post by Goodstein Law Associates. Charles Kuralt, the CBS TV Journalist and On the Road reporter said, “The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.” [Read more…]
One of the most interesting traditions of our people is the “Sh’mitah”, the idea of a Sabbatical year and a Jubilee year, which is the 7th repetition of the 7th year. This double portion contains [Read more…]
On the May 5, 2015 Boomer Generation Radio, Rabbi Address’s guests are Virginia Bigar from Us Against Alzheimer’s and Clergy Against Alzheimer’s, and Alan Horowitz, an attorney and expert on health care legal issues. About [Read more…]
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