My D’var Torah from Friday night… We talked a few weeks ago about the additional day of Pesah – the 8th day, which is not biblically ordained – as being an extra day observed only by those Jews who live outside of the land of Israel to insure that they were observing the holiday on [...]
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Spiritual Exile – It Happens, So What Do We Do?
Posted in Rabbi Andrew Jacobs, Ramat Shalom, tagged exile, Israel, Omer, passover, pesah, Shavuot, spiritual, Spirituality on April 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A Massage For The Soul
Posted in Rabbi Andrew Jacobs, Ramat Shalom, tagged mikvah, mikveh on April 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s Torah portion is pretty gross. It talks a great deal about skin lesions and fluids that come out of the body. These lesions and fluids, the Torah suggests, were a sign that a person was spiritually out of sorts. Various spiritual remedies were used to heal the spirit – or soul – of [...]
We Must Wait For Everyone To Cross the Red Sea…Whether It Takes 7 or 8 Days….
Posted in Rabbi Andrew Jacobs, Ramat Shalom, tagged 7 days, 8 days, how many days?, passover, pesah on April 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My words on 13 April 2012 as sunset on the 7th day of Pesah Tonight is a very weird night on the Jewish calendar. In Israel, Pesah is over. As commanded in the Torah, for 7 days, we shall observe the rules and laws of Pesah. For seven days we shall eat matzah. Why 7 [...]
When Too Much IS Too Much
Posted in Podcast, Rabbi Andrew Jacobs, Ramat Shalom on April 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A podcast I forgot to post! http://web.me.com/andrewmjacobs/Rabbi_Andrew_Jacobs/Podcast/Entries/2012/3/16_When_Too_Much_IS_Too_Much.html
Joe’s Stone Crab and Keeping Kosher
Posted in Rabbi Andrew Jacobs, Ramat Shalom, tagged kashrut, kosher on April 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As we continue reading the Torah, this week we learn many of the kosher laws, specifically which animals we are allowed to eat and which are forbidden to us. The Torah explains that animals with split hooves that chew their cud are permissible. Permissible fish are those that have fins and scales (shellfish and many other [...]
Our Very Broken World: Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman and Sensationalism
Posted in Rabbi Andrew Jacobs, Ramat Shalom, tagged Aiyah Shell, cooper, Geoge Zimmerman, Jackson, kouzaris, Martin, Sharpton, Trayvon, Trayvon Martin, tyson, Zimmerman on March 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In 1983, my great-aunts, Phoebe Shapiro z”l (of blessed memory) and Anne Stern z”l were brutally attacked in their home on President Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Phoebe was 83 and Anne was 78. They begged their attacker not to hurt them, telling him to take anything he wanted. He took nothing. Instead, he severely [...]
The Incredible Strength and Wisdom of Chava Sandler
Posted in Rabbi Andrew Jacobs, Ramat Shalom, tagged Chava, Sandler, Toulouse, Trayvon Martin on March 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My words from Friday night On Monday, the Jewish community was rocked to its core yet again. Rabbi Yonaton Sandler, 30, a teacher at Ozar HaTorah Jewish School in Toulouse France was walking into school, along with his two young children, Gavriel, 3, and Aryeh, 6. Along with them was Miriam Monsinego, 8, the daughter [...]
Some Passover Fun
Posted in Rabbi Andrew Jacobs, Ramat Shalom, tagged michamocha, parting of the sea, passover, pesah, rabbi marc gellman, reading on March 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I shared this great story Friday night and as promised, here it is. It is so important to fill our seders with fun, engaging stories….this one is perfect for all ages! Enjoy…. Taken from Does God Have a Big Toe by Rabbi Marc Gellman When the children of Israel escaped from Egypt, they found the [...]
Clergy and Politics: Elevating the National Discussion
Posted in Rabbi Andrew Jacobs, Ramat Shalom, tagged church state, clergy, Dozier, LDS, Mormon, Mormonism, Mormons, politics, racist, Romney, Santorum on March 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Pompano Pastor Calls Mormon Church ‘racist,’ Calls on Romney to Renounce Religion See article here: http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-03-12/news/fl-dozier-romney-mormon-20120312_1_mormon-church-pompano-pastor-mormon-religion My letter to the Pastor: 13 March 2012 Dear Reverend Dozier, We have met at many events in South Florida. We are both members of the clergy. I last saw you at a Jewish Federation, pro-Israel clergy committee meeting. [...]
Returning from AIPAC’s 2012 Policy Conference
Posted in Israel, Rabbi Andrew Jacobs, Ramat Shalom, tagged AIPAC, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Nelson, Netanyahu, obama, President, SWIFT, Waaserman Shultz, West on March 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
What I Fear Is The Morning After (my “sermon” Friday night, March 9th) I was proud to be one of 13,000 pro-Israel delegates at the 2012 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference that was held in Washington, DC on March 4th-6th. As I return to South Florida, I wanted to take this opportunity [...]
