Randy Lubratich
29 Elul 5783/September 15, 2023 & 1 Tishrei 5783/September 16, 2023
The Re-Orientation Process by Rabbi Deana Berezin The season of change is upon us once again. As we move from Elul into the High Holiday...
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Randy Lubratich
Sep 14, 20232 min read
28 Elul 5783/September 14, 2023
The Accidental Obituary by Rabbi Neal Katz The Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel is the subject of a well-known (and maybe legendary)...
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Randy Lubratich
Sep 13, 20231 min read
27 Elul 5783/September 13, 2023
by Rabbi David N. Young My family and I moved across the country this summer. My wife Natalie and I have three children. Our oldest...
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Randy Lubratich
Sep 12, 20231 min read
26 Elul 5783/September 12, 2023
by Rabbi Ben Sharff 'The measure of intelligence is the ability to change' -Albert Einstein. According to modern psychology, real,...
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Randy Lubratich
Sep 11, 20231 min read
25 Elul 5783/September 11, 2023
Change Towards Gratitude by Rabbi Lawrence Malinger When we awaken in the morning, we should recite, Modah/modeh ani lifanecka—I am...
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Randy Lubratich
Sep 10, 20231 min read
24 Elul 5783/September 10, 2023
We Carry the Ghosts of Our Past by Cantor Joanna M. Alexander We carry the ghosts of our past. Whether trauma or love, our new beginnings...
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Randy Lubratich
Sep 8, 20232 min read
22 Elul 5783/September 8, 2023 & 23 Elul 5783/September 9, 2023
by Cantor Laurie Weinstein Confucius taught, “To put the world in order, first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, put...
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Randy Lubratich
Sep 7, 20231 min read
21 Elul 5783/September 7, 2023
Why am I doing this? by Rabbi Alan Litwak On the bulletin board above my desk, I have a small handwritten card: Why am I doing this? Why...
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Randy Lubratich
Sep 6, 20231 min read
20 Elul 5783/September 6, 2023
by Cantor David Berger Rabbi Jacob Moelin (~1355-1427), known as the Maharil, was the leading expert on Jewish custom in 15th century...
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Randy Lubratich
Sep 5, 20231 min read
19 Elul 5783/September 5, 2023
by Rabbi Harry Rosenfeld Martin Buber, in his book Between Man and Man, tells a story of a student who came to him. Buber admits that...
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Randy Lubratich
Sep 4, 20231 min read
18 Elul 5783/September 4, 2023
by Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker As the Days of Awe approach, we ask, “Who am I?” Before we respond to this profound question, let’s...
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Randy Lubratich
Sep 3, 20231 min read
17 Elul 5783/September 3, 2023
Balancing Act by Rabbi Michael Weinstein When you talk about and reflect upon an evil deed you have done, you become the captive of your...
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Randy Lubratich
Sep 1, 20232 min read
15 Elul 5783/September 1, 2023 & 16 Elul 5783/September 2, 2023
Changing our names by Rabbi Batsheva Appel The challenging work of Elul is to review the past year, to see what changes we want to make,...
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Randy Lubratich
Aug 31, 20231 min read
14 Elul 5783/August 31, 2023
by Rabbi Matt Cohen It is all too common to focus on our shortcomings and faults as we navigate our way through the contemplative journey...
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Randy Lubratich
Aug 30, 20231 min read
13 Elul 5783/August 30, 2023
Changing Our Ways by Changing Our Direction by Rabbi Glenn Ettman I was walking in my neighborhood in Los Angeles when my attention was...
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Randy Lubratich
Aug 29, 20231 min read
12 Elul 5783/August 29, 2023
by Rabbi Stephen Wise I officiate around a dozen weddings each year, mostly in the warm months here in Ontario between May and September....
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Randy Lubratich
Aug 28, 20231 min read
11 Elul 5783/August 28, 2023
by Cantor Joanna Alexander A cleansing Breath This summer I could taste the air. It flowed down from the Canadian Wildfires interrupting...
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Randy Lubratich
Aug 27, 20231 min read
10 Elul 5783/August 27, 2023
by Rabbi Andrew Rosenkranz Ahad Ha’am, one of modern Zionism’s earliest philosophers, once wrote, “More than the Jews have kept Shabbat,...
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Randy Lubratich
Aug 25, 20232 min read
8 Elul 5783/August 25, 2023 & 9 Elul 5783/August 26, 2023
8 Elul 5783/August 25, 2023 by Rabbi Michael Birnholz At a recent community meeting to respond to a local act of anti-Semitism, one of...
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Randy Lubratich
Aug 24, 20231 min read
7 Elul 5783/August 24, 2023
7 Elul 5783/August 24, 2023 Rabbi Eric Linder Let’s face it, change is hard. This is true even when the change is clearly for the better!...
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