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Category: D’var Torah and Sermons

D'var Torah and Sermons / Words from the Rabbi

On the Wings of Eagles

by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman 5773 – Sept. 2012 The Torah proclaims that God has given us the appointed times, Mo’adim L’simcha, for celebration, holidays, and festivals for rejoicing. It is …

D'var Torah and Sermons / Words from the Rabbi

Saturday Sermon-Rabbi Arnold Saltzman

Alan Gross a Prisoner in Cuba (Part II) ‘Give Us a Reason to Hope’ With Passover about to begin, when we sit around our festive tables to re-experience the first …

D'var Torah and Sermons

D’Var Torah-Parashat Vayikra-Suz Darby

This Sabbath Torah Portion begins the third book in the Torah, Vayikra, which is also the name of the portion. We are more familiar with the vernacular name of Leviticus. …

D'var Torah and Sermons / Words from the Rabbi

Sermon on ‘Women in Judaism’ by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman

February 2012 A couple of years ago two congregations in Maryland, including one of three congregations I serve as rabbi, Hevrat Shalom, had a magnificent evening and Shabbat. Women Chefs …

D'var Torah and Sermons

D’Var Torah Parashat Beshalach by Nancy Gould

Pharaoh has finally agreed to let the Israelites out of Egypt. G-d deliberately leads the people out by a longer route because He fears that “The people may have a …

D'var Torah and Sermons

D’var Torah – Beshalach by Nancy Gould

This week’s parsha is “Beshalach”, which means, “when he let go”. Pharaoh has finally agreed to let the Israelites out of Egypt.  G-d deliberately leads the people out by a …

D'var Torah and Sermons

Sermon: Memories of the Civil Rights Movement

On the Occasion of the Observance of the Commemo-rative Holiday in Honor of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 2012 In the early 1960s I was a student at …

D'var Torah and Sermons

D’Var Torah Parashat Vayechi By Nancy Gould

The story begins as Jacob is about to die. Joseph comes to him and brings his two sons, who were born in Egypt, Ephraim and Manasseh. Jacob proceeds to bless …

D'var Torah and Sermons

D’Var Torah: Parashat Vayetze

This week’s parsha is the very eventful Vayetze, which, like all the early portions of the Torah, is just crammed with some of our most familiar Bible stories. It starts …

D'var Torah and Sermons / Words from the Rabbi

Cuba and Alan Gross – A Sermon by Rabbi Saltzman

Alan Gross has been in a Cuban prison for the past two years for unwittingly bringing in a computer and cell phone to the Jewish Community in order to connect …

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