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Nasso: The Righteous Adulterer

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Judaism has long insisted that we give people the benefit of the doubt: one is innocent until proven guilty. It is always difficult to determine what happened in any questionable situation and even in those rare cases when we might know…
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Jun 5, 2020

Naso: Counting Our Blessings

Rabbi Jay Kelman

A Jew is commanded to recite one hundred blessings each and every day (Menachot 43b). We need constant reminders to ensure that we recognize the blessings of G-d and to remind ourselves that in all of our actions we are to reflect the Divine…
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Jun 14, 2019

Nasso: More is Less

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Torah uses its words sparingly—and sometimes not at all. The Torah tells us very little about the laws of Shabbat[1]. They are, in the poetic words of the Mishna (Chagigah 10a), “like mountains reliant on a thread of hair” or,…
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May 25, 2018

Naso: To Be or Not to Be!

Rabbi Jay Kelman

A fundamental question that has been debated since the beginning of Jewish history regards the degree of contact and integration one should have with outside culture. Should we embrace it, drawing out its positive features as we assimilate it into…
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Jun 2, 2017

Nasso: Time for Repentance

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Our Torah was given to us on at least two occasions. The first revelation just weeks after the exodus was ineffectual as the people built a golden calf a mere 40 days later. The Torah that we have in our possession today was in actuality given after…
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Jun 17, 2016