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Category: D’var Torah and Sermons

D'var Torah and Sermons / Newsletter

D’var Torah for Re’eh

Nancy Gould gave this d’var when she led the Sep. 2 Shabbat evening service. This week’s parsha is Re-eh, which means “see.” It starts out with G-d telling the Israelites, …

D'var Torah and Sermons / Newsletter

D’var Torah for Parashot Matot and Massei

Paul Kanterman gave this d’var Friday, Aug 5. The portions for this week are Matot and Massei which mean tribes and journeys respectively.  They detail a part of the journey …

D'var Torah and Sermons / Newsletter

D’var Torah for D’Varim

Nancy Gould gave this d’var Saturday, Aug 13. This week’s parsha is D’varim, which begins the book of Deuteronomy.  Moses gives his final address to the people of Israel and …

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D’var Torah for Shelach-Lekha

by George Gazarek George gave this d’var Friday, July 1. Nine years ago, on the night of June 8, 2007, I chanted a few lines from the Torah portion for …

D'var Torah and Sermons / Newsletter / Words from the Rabbi

Rabbi’s Sermon: “Elie Wiesel: Survivor and Conscience of the Mankind”

by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman In Manhattan, New York, on July 2, 2016, Elie Wiesel passed away at the age of 87. The name Elie is short for Eliezer. He was …

D'var Torah and Sermons

D’var Torah – Parashat Behar-Bechukotai

Pat Myers gave this d’var Friday, May 27. This week’s Torah portion is traditionally combined with the next one, and called Behar-Bechukotai, which is the final portion in the Book …

D'var Torah and Sermons / Words from the Rabbi

A Wilderness Survival Guide

Rabbi’s Sermon by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman Parashat Bamidbar, Numbers: 1:1-4:20 Bamidbar, while speaking literally of wilderness, offers us a remarkable number of rich images and ideas: The taking a census …

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D’Var Torah – Parashat Acharei Mot

George Gazarek gave this d’var Torah on May 6. This weeks Torah portion comes from Leviticus chapters 16 to 18 and is named Acharei Mot (אחרי מות), two words that …

D'var Torah and Sermons / Newsletter

Speech for Noah’s Bar Mitzvah

by David Kanter – 14 May 2016 Noah, Mom and I are so proud of you. We’ve been so happy to guide you to this milestone – and coach you …

D'var Torah and Sermons / Newsletter

D’Var Torah Parashat Shemini

In last week’s Torah portion, Moses anointed Aaron and his sons as priests. He admonished them, “You shall not go outside the entrance of the Tent of Meeting for seven …

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