| July 18 2008 -- Parashat Pinchas |
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Ours is a culture that values initiative: people who take charge and lead, visionaries who go for their field of dreams. We admire a person who ‘takes the bull by the horns.’ At the same time, a person who acts recklessly is a
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| Sept. 14, 2007 -- Erev Rosh Hashanah |
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As we start this New Year, remember who you are. Give yourself permission for joy - the promise of Jewish life, Mayim Chayim, living water. Let this be a year of renewal, of growth, of owning our incredible enduring spirit.
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| Sept. 15, 2007 -- Rosh Hashanah 5768 |
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What song will you sing in the year to come?
What contributions to the art of life will pour from your soul?
What will make this year worth living and what will make living this year feel most alive?
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| Sept. 21, 2007 -- Kol Nidrei 5768 |
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The topic of our Eternal Soul is the ultimate roll of the dice. Do we place our bet on this being the one and only lifetime and that what’s done in this life stays in this life?
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| September 30, 2008 -- Rosh Hashanah 5769 - Be afraid, very afraid…of fear |
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When you come to think of it, FDR’s assertion that we have nothing to fear but fear itself is absurd.
We had plenty to fear then, and clearly, even more to fear now.
We could simply suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and give in. That of course is not the Jewish way, and so we will take up arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them. <
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