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Shabbat 151: Nothing New in Messianic Times

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“For there will never cease to be needy within the land. Therefore, I command you, saying, you shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your poor one, and to your needy one in your land” (Devarim 15:11). It is rather depressing…
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Shabbat 151: I Want a Reward

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Mitzvot were given only to purify people” (Breisheet Rabba 44). By refraining from gossip, not bearing a grudge, not giving misleading advice, by showing sensitivity to the orphan, widow, stranger and poor, paying our debts on time…
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Shabbat 139: It's Good to Forget

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Rav Yehuda said in the name of Shmuel: Three thousand halachot were forgotten during the days of mourning for Moshe” (Temurah 16a). All too often, we take things for granted, only realizing what we were blessed with…
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Shabbat 87: If G-d Agrees

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One of the distinguishing marks of many successful companies is the encouragement they give to employees to experiment, encouraging innovation and new ideas. It is this ability to engage in fruitful experimentation, even mind-wandering, that can…
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Shabbat 69: What Time is It?

Rabbi Jay Kelman

That we are living in unprecedented times hardly needs to be stated. It is hard to believe that less than three months ago we in the west were living in blissful ignorance, oblivious to what lay just around the corner. We may have heard vague…
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Shabbat 63: I Did Not Know

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One of the changes accompanying the creation of the State of Israel is the flourishing of the study of Tanach. Returning to our ancient homeland, and able to see with our own eyes where much of the Tanach actually happened, the Tanach comes alive in…
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Shabbat 33: Silence is Golden

Rabbi Jay Kelman

When our Sages entered the vineyard in Yavne, Rabbi Yehuda, and Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Yossi, and Rabbi Shimon were there, and a question was asked before them…Rabbi Yehuda, son of Rabbi Ila’i, rosh hamedabrim b'kol mamkom, the…
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Shabbat 32: The Uneducated Jew

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel says: The laws of hekdesh, consecrated items; terumot; and ma’asarot, tithes, are the essence of Torah, and they were given over to the amei ha’aretz, the uneducated people of…
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Shabbat 31: Farming and Faith

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Torah is full of mitzvot relating to farmers. Whether one is plowing, planting, or harvesting, the Torah has clear guidelines to direct us. One must separate wheat and the vine, avoid plowing with two different animals, leave the…
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e-TiM: Reading Rashbi: Understanding the Talmudic Story of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

Rabbi Elli Fischer

Wednesday, May 6    11:00am-12:00pm EST      Strangers in a Familiar Land  Wednesday, May 13    11:00am-12:00pm EST The Cave  Wednesday, May 20    11:00am-12:00pm EST   A Path Through…
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