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Rabbi's Sermons and Messages
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Written by Rabbi Seymour Rossel
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Thursday, 03 January 2008 |
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What is the mission of the human soul? My humble answer ties Chelm to the Final Frontier with a sidelong look at this week's Torah portion which begins the Book of Exodus.
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Written by Rabbi Seymour Rossel
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Monday, 03 December 2007 |
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Joseph is a fulcrum in the early history of the Hebrews. Before his time the focus of the Bible was on Mesopotamia and Canaan. With Joseph, the focus changed to Canaan and Egypt. This was not just a wrinkle in the story line. Archaeology demonstrates that this was a shift in the political situation of ancient Canaan, too, as the Pharaohs of the New Kingdom spread the shadow of thieir wings northward. But there is a more interesting aspect of this shift and its consequences for us.
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Written by Rabbi Seymour Rossel
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Monday, 26 November 2007 |
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"A rose by any other blessing would maybe smell as sweet." When Jacob asks for a blessing from his wrestling opponent, the surprise blessing turns out to be a name? What is in a name?
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Written by Rabbi Seymour Rossel
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Thursday, 15 November 2007 |
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Many historians trace the physical beginning of the Holocaust to Kristallnacht, "the Night of Broken Glass," which took place in Germany and parts of Austria on the night of November 9-10, 1938. On the anniversary of this event, we take a moment to recall a small Jewish community for which Kristallnacht spelled not the beginning, but the end.
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Written by Rabbi Seymour Rossel
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Tuesday, 06 November 2007 |
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There is a tension between remembrance and destruction which sometimes eludes us. But it is evident when we think of how three religions revere their founding father at the graves of the patriarchs at Hebron.
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