Modern Antisemitism – What would Max Jacob say – Kol Nidrei

For the past seven years, every Kol Nidrei night, I would stand up on the bima with Max Jacob. Dressed in his white kittel, truly looking like an angel, Max would open the Aron, the Ark, and then do what he did best; he would manage and direct. “This person should take this Torah, this more »

10, 10, 2019
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By Rabbi Motzen

Rabbi’s Blog, Sermons

One – Yom Kippur Yizkor Sermon

Just over two thousand years ago, a Roman official visiting Jerusalem recorded in great detail the scene he took in on the Eve of Passover, on Erev Pesach. He describes Yerushalayim teeming with hundreds of thousands of Jewish men, women, and children from all over the country and beyond. How they all thronged to the more »

10, 07, 2019
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By Rabbi Motzen

Rabbi’s Blog

Commentary on Yishai Ribo’s Avoda

If you haven’t yet, listen to the video first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECy3CMxShIQ Here is a translation of the words: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/%D7%A1%D7%93%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%95%D7%93%D7%94-seder-ha-avodah-avodah-service.html http://files.nertamid.net/shiurim/Apps/recordings/Avodah.m4aPodcast: Download

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10, 06, 2019
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By Rabbi Motzen

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Bereishis Class – Rachel’s Death/ Rachel’s Tears

http://files.nertamid.net/shiurim/Apps/recordings/RachelT.m4aPodcast: Download

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10, 06, 2019
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By Rabbi Motzen

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Bereishis Class – Reuven’s Sin

http://files.nertamid.net/shiurim/Apps/recordings/Reuven.m4aPodcast: Download

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10, 02, 2019
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By Rabbi Motzen

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What If? Rosh Hashana Day Two

The year – 1712 Before the Common Era. The great king and judge Hammurabi has died, and his son, Samsu-iluna attempts to hold his father’s sprawling empire of Babylon together. He is unsuccessful, and instead, the careful order constructed by his father, crumbles into chaos. Across the Euphrates lives a man, known by many to more »

10, 02, 2019
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By Rabbi Motzen

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Where I’m Supposed to Be First Day of Rosh Hashana

As Yogi Berra once said, it’s déjà vu all over again. Great to see you all back here, some new faces, many old faces. I look forward to seeing you all next year, back again; healthy and happy. A few months ago, the shul took a trip to the Auschwitz exhibit in New York. It more »