CHAMELION Ki Tavo-5764 Rabbi David Walk Rabbis are always on the prowl for topics. The number of times we have to address audiences is so great that the...
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OBSERVED Nitzavim-5764 Rabbi David Walk Last Friday there were two articles on the front page of the New York Times Performing Arts section that I found...
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SHOFAR Rosh Hashanah-5765 Rabbi David Walk When you visit modern Jewish buildings the predominant symbol is the Jewish Star or Magen David, however in Israel...
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MAGIC? Yom Kippur-5765 Rabbi David Walk Well, it’s the Ten Days of Repentance again; time to prepare for Yom Kippur. As a rabbi, my preparations are a...
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ONE OF A KIND Sukkot-5765 Rabbi David Walk Ya know every year when thinking about the onrushing holidays (especially this time of year when they come on like a...
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AL0NE Shmini Atzeret-5765 Rabbi David Walk Greta Garbo made a career out of “I vant to be alone.” Well, we Jews are ambivalent about this very issue. We...
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RESPECT Noach-5765 Rabbi David Walk This past week Jacob Cohen, aka Rodney Dangerfield passed away. This very funny comedian only found success in middle age,...
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PATERNITY Lech Licha-5765 Rabbi David Walk With the cries of “Who’s your daddy?” resounding across the cavernous innards of Yankee Stadium, the meaning...
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TESTS Vayera-5765 Rabbi David Walk People call me Rabbi, but I think of myself as a teacher. That’s the way I view my role in the synagogue and in life....
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BLESSED Chaye Sarah-5765 Rabbi David Walk It’s amazing how blessed Red Sox fans seem these days. We suffered for umpteen years and suddenly one championship...
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Sorry, I messed up. I thought this went out last Wednesday. QUAKER Toldot-5765 Rabbi David Walk The church started in 1652 by the English Dissenter George Fox...
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SOURCE Vayetze-5765 Rabbi David Walk Wells play a significant role in three straight Torah readings. Two weeks ago Avraham’s servant finds Rivka as she is...
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THE PITS Rabbi David Walk Chanukah—5765 The expression ‘the pits’ is very expressive of a negative circumstance. The etymology of the idiom is...
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THE RIGHT STUFF Vayigash-5765 Rabbi David Walk This week’s Torah reading has two famous encounters. The more famous is the reunion after twenty two years of...
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A BLESSING ON YOUR HEAD Vayechi-5765 Rabbi David Walk My daughter got married three weeks ago, and like all good parents I've watched the video about a million...
A BLESSING ON YOUR HEAD Vayechi-5765 Rabbi David Walk My daughter got married three weeks ago, and like all good parents I've watched the video about a million...
A BLESSING ON YOUR HEAD Vayechi-5765 Rabbi David Walk My daughter got married three weeks ago, and like all good parents I've watched the video about a million...
A BLESSING ON YOUR HEAD Vayechi-5765 Rabbi David Walk My daughter got married three weeks ago, and like all good parents I’ve watched the video about a...
DIFFERENT? Shmot-5765 Rabbi David Walk Now that my daughter, Tamar, is a Sephardia I have to become more tolerant of the differences between the two...
SEPARATE Va’era-5765 Rabbi David Walk There has been much written about the topic of ‘why the Jews?’, and it is a worthwhile endeavor to investigate the...
BLOOD Bo-5675 Rabbi David Walk My mother had to give up the Jewish mother’s dream of her only son becoming a doctor early on. I can’t stand the sight of...
CREATION or REDMPTION Yitro-5675 Rabbi David Walk The Ten Commandments hold a special place in our tradition. It’s not clear what exactly established this...
COURT OF FIRST RESORT Mishpatim-5765 Rabbi David Walk After all the exciting readings beginning the book of Exodus, this week is a serious affair. It’s...
MATHMATICAL PRECISION Terumah-5765 Rabbi David Walk A dear congregant came up to me last week and said that she had discovered what troubles her about the...
CLOTHES HORSE Tiztaveh-5765 Rabbi David Walk Every year when we get to this Torah reading I have a problem. This week we read about the priestly garments, and...
LEADERSHIP Ki Tisa-5765 Rabbi David Walk We're following the leader, the leader, the leader We're following the leader wherever he may go We won't be home till...
SHABBAT V’yakhel-5765 Rabbi David Walk Over the past few years I’ve been studying more and more Chasidic masters. I believe that this is a trend in many...
FOLLOWERS Pikudei-5765 Rabbi David Walk The past few weeks we have had many occasions to discuss leadership qualities, especially as pertaining to Moshe. But...
THE EVIL OF BANALITY Purim-5765 Rabbi David Walk The well known historian Hannah Arendt went to Israel in 1961 to report on the trial of Adolph Eichman for the...
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