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Avraham E. Plotkin

Feb 18, 2021, 9:15 PM

Feb 9, 2021, 11:05 AM

One of my congregants recently confided in me: " Rabbi, every time I visit the cemetery, I find myself speaking to my father, but I feel very guilty about it. I think maybe I am going mad. What do you...

Jan 19, 2021, 12:06 AM

The shiva trap: To say or not to say?

We all know this scene too well. Walking into a shiva house and sitting down with the mourner. Perhaps it is someone who just lost a parent, a spouse, a sibling or even a child. The awkwardness of the...

Dec 31, 2020, 8:53 PM

Would You Know My Name if I Saw You In Heaven?

Just recently, I was invited to counsel a family who lost their father, something I have been doing as a rabbi for over 30 years. One of the mourners named Michael asked me the following: "Since the day my father passed...

About Me

Rabbi Avraham E. Plotkin is an emissariy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to Markham, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. He is the spiritual leader of a very dynamic Synagogue and Jewish Centre there. Rabbi Plotkin is a longstanding member of the Rabbinical Council of Toronto. His classes on Kabbalah and marriage, have been received by sell-out audiences around the world.