Rabbi Weinblatt’s Coronavirus Message to the Congregation
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By A Tzadik was Noah A Tzadik?
By A Tzadik was Noah A Tzadik? Earlier this year my wife, Symcha and I went on a cruise. Actually we went on two cruises, which is pretty remarkable because prior to this year I had never even been on one. I had always wanted to go, but my wife was reluctant to do so. …
Pittsburgh One Year Later
Pittsburgh One Year Later One year ago, a naming was to be celebrated at a bris at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Only the sacred occasion and joyous ritual was interrupted by an intruder and gunfire. In honor of the tragedy in Pittsburgh I want to share with you a poem. I …
Is Winning Really the Only Thing?
Is Winning Really the Only Thing? American sports writer Jeff Pearlman wrote a column earlier this year about how ecstatic he and his wife were that after seven years his son was hanging up his glove, turning in his cleats and retiring from playing baseball – not professional baseball, Little League baseball. Why the elation …
Choices: A High Holiday Sermon by Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and the Choices We Make A movie that came out earlier this summer called “Yesterday” was the perfect summer movie – light and not too heavy. Being a die-hard Beatles fan, I saw it and loved it. The premise was that during a worldwide blackout of a few seconds, memory of the …
The Sermon Everyone is Talking About
The Antidote to Anti-Semitism The Talmud proclaims that Rosh Hashana celebrates Yom Harat haOlam – the day the world was created. It also declares that today is Yom HaDin – the Day of Judgment. These two concepts are not contradictory, but are combined, for today is the day when all that God created, all …
Rabbi denies ‘secret’ effort to bypass US Jewish groups in dialogue with Israel
Rabbi denies ‘secret’ effort to bypass US Jewish groups in dialogue with Israel Report claimed interdenominational group of American rabbis were being enlisted by Israeli envoy Dermer to work around Conservative and Reform leaders at odds with Jerusalem By Eric Cortellessa 8 August 2019, 5:35 am WASHINGTON — The leader of an interdenominational group of …
Message to Confirmation Class of 2019
Message to Confirmation Class of 2019 Something historic and momentous occurred earlier this week in the world of religion. It has nothing to do with the Jews, but is worth mentioning nevertheless. Pope Francis announced a change to the Lord’s Prayer. According to the Gospels, when Jesus’ disciples asked him how they should pray, …