As we prepare to celebrate the defeat of Pharaoh and the liberation of our ancestors, my heart is extremely heavy. Over the past two weeks, I have become increasingly alarmed by what appears to be a blatant attempt by Washington to strong arm Israel into conceding land, security, and prisoners to the Palestinians. Washington began [...]
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The Perfect Pharaonic Storm
Posted in Action, American Judaism, In the news, Israel, Uncategorized, tagged Israel, Jerusalem, Netanyahu, obama, palestinians, peace, pharaoh, US-Israel relationship, Washington, White House on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What Can We Learn From Handwriting?
Posted in Personal Growth, Uncategorized, tagged Adam, Ego, handwriting, humility, Moses, rabbi andrew jacobs, Ramat Shalom Synagogue, Tiger Woods on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry I haven’t posted in a bit. This link will lead you to the video of last Friday night’s D’var Torah which focused upon the way certain letters in the Torah are written. Last Shabbat, we started reading Vayikra (Leviticus). The last letter of “vayikra” is much smaller than the other letters. What does this [...]
More Lessons From the Hamantaschen
Posted in Uncategorized on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing the discussion I began in my last post, on Friday night I discussed some more of the lessons the Hamantaschen have taught me this Purim. Hope you enjoy the two clips below. What I Learned From the Hamantaschen, Pt. 1 What I Learned From the Hamantaschen, Pt. 2
What The Hamantaschen Have Taught Me
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged hamantaschen, lessons, Purim, rabbi andrew jacobs, Ramat Shalom on February 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »
As you know, my kids and I have spent lots of time this week baking hamantaschen for our Ramat Shalom family. From scratch, we made over 2,000 hamantaschen! It took us about 20 hours to make the dough, fold the individual hamantaschen, and fill them with chocolate, raspberry, or strawberry filling. It was hard work [...]
Jewish Survival: The Many Heroes of Purim
Posted in Jewish Holidays, Uncategorized, tagged alone, jewish community, Jews, Purim, rabbi andrew jacobs, Ramat Shalom, Shabbat Shekalim on February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Jews need each other. We need a minyan (10 people) in order to pray. Traditionally, in order to study Torah, we need a partner. We can’t chant Torah alone. We can’t say Kaddish alone. And we really can’t appreciate the Jewish holidays alone. Imagine a seder without anyone attending! Last Shabbat was known as Shabbat [...]
Blessings Lie Beyond The Darkness
Posted in Personal Growth, Spirituality, Uncategorized, tagged 10 plagues, blessings, bo, darkness, pharaoh, rabbi andrew jacobs, Ramat Shalom, suffering on January 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My D’var Torah (words of Torah) from Friday night, January 22nd So many of us have gone through or are currently going through extremely dark and trying times. Whether it be an illness, a death, a crumbling relationship, a financial crisis, whether it be overwhelming depression or anxiety, a powerful addiction, feeling lost, alone or [...]
Haitian Jewish Community
Posted in In the news, Uncategorized, tagged community, Haiti, jewish, Jews, rabbi andrew jacobs on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
An great article about the Jewish community in Haiti can be found here.
