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Living Longer, Living Better: 5780 and the power of our prayers
Rabbi Address’ message for the New Year 5780. [Read more…]
Month: September 2019
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
SOM Pod 09/27/2019: The Spiritual Value of Music, with Hazzan Alisa Pomerantz-Boro, Cantor at Congregation Beth El, Voorhees, NJ
In the September 27, 2019 Seekers of Meaning Podcast, Hazzan Alisa Pomerantz-Boro, cantor at Congregation Beth El, Voorhees, NJ, discusses the spiritual and prayer value of music in Jewish life with host Rabbi Richard Address. [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29 :9-30:20) We ARE Part of Something Beyond Us!
Nitzvaim is one of the most powerful and challenging of all our Torah portions. Moses is finishing his summary sermons and the passage has a major theme the idea of choice. The issue of autonomy [Read more…]
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The Elder’s Unetaneh Tokef
JSA contributor Rabbi Susan Elkodsi discusses the Unetaneh Tokef prayer and its meaning for contemporary worship. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
The Gift of Memory: Remembering Jenni
Cantor Rhoda Harrison, Ph.D., from Congregation M’kor Shalom in Cherry Hill, NJ, recalls a childhood friend who died much too early, and the continuing gift her memory provides. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
SOM Pod 9/20/2019: Rabbi Debra Robbins, author of “Opening Your Heart With Psalm 27”
In the September 20, 2019 Seekers of Meaning Podcast, the guest is Rabbi Debra Robbins of Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, Texas, author of Opening Your Heart with Psalm 27. [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Ki Tavo: (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8). What Do We Wish To Leave: L’dor V’Dor?
Ki Tavo is a portion that is mostly known for the recitation of blessings and curses, couched in the usual literary style of Deuteronomy which promsies blessings if we follow God’s law and, well, not such [Read more…]
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My Journey
Michele Stiefel of Shaarai Shomayim in Lancaster, PA, describes a tashlich ritual she developed to deal with her journey as the mother of a special needs young adult. [Read more…]
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Eat your fill
In this guest blog post, Steve Friedman describes his gratitude after recovering from a serious accident. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
SOM Pod 9/13/2019: Yeshiva University’s Online Rabbinic Certificate Program in Gerontology and Palliative Care
In this podcast, Rabbi Address speaks with Gary Stein of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University, about the school’s new Rabbinic Certificate Program in Gerontology and Palliative Care. Joining Prof. Stein in the conversation are several participants in the program. [Read more…]