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Nov 18, 2025, 1:52 PM

Is There a Reason for Separation of Meat and Milk?

Image Credit: Mel Elías and Kim Gorga / Unsplash. This image has been modified

Originally presented for Knesset Israel of Beverlywood in Los Angeles Sukkot 5786 I. Introduction Three times in the Torah we read לא תבשל גדי נחלב אמו (Do not cook a goat in its mother’s milk) 1 The Gemora in Sanhedrin 4b...

Dec 24, 2024, 10:07 PM

Funeral Preparation — Oninut

Remarks Prepared for Shabbat Dec 14, 2024 at Knesset Israel of Los Angeles. On Sunday December 8 when Rabbi Jason Weiner was in at Congregation Or Torah in Skokie (a suburb of Chicago) I went to hear his presentation. He...

Aug 13, 2024, 1:25 AM

Devarim — Making Peace

Parashat Devarim August 10, 2024 This parasha is read on the Shabbat before Tisha b’Av, the day of national mourning for the destruction of the Temples of Jerusalem. When I was a teenager, we had a pair of big, tall trees...

Aug 9, 2024, 1:28 AM

Parashat Bechukotai — A struggle to gain knowledge

Parashat Bechukotai -- A struggle to gain knowledge June 1, 2024 The parasha opens with an “if” statement, if you follow my statutes, then I will reward you with favorable weather for your crops. This section along with a section in...

Aug 24, 2023, 8:32 AM

Shoftim –> Justice, Justice Aug 19, 2023

This week as we read the Torah, I am reminded of the importance of a civil society governed by Justice. In some ways we hope that we never have disputes that land us in court. But we all know...

Jun 17, 2023, 3:25 PM

Parashat Shelah-Lecha

This week we read about the sending of the spies by Moshe to the land of Canaan, the future Land of Israel, to learn about the people and the geography. Each tribe had representatives and are named in the...

Jun 10, 2023, 11:47 AM

Parashat Beha’alotcha and Leadership

One message that I have tried to express in all of my divrei torah in the business lesson is the importance of leadership. One of the themes of sefer Bamidbar is leadership. Not every action of a leader is...

Jun 3, 2023, 1:40 PM

Parashat Naso and West Side Story

Parashat Naso June 3, 2023 This week’s parasha contains the priestly blessing that we say twice a day when the hazzan recites the repetition of the Amidah. We also bless our children with these words. יִשָּׂ֨א י-ה ׀ פָּנָיו֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְךָ֖ שָׁלֽוֹם׃ May...

May 13, 2023, 3:15 AM

Parashat Behar-Behukotai

Shabbat Shalom May 12, 2023 The employer-employee relationship almost by definition is not much different than the Biblical slavery mentioned in today’s Torah portion. However, a non-slave cannot leave the master until the sabbatical (shemitah) year. Laws of the workplace...

May 6, 2023, 1:51 AM

Parashat Emor — Priestly Holiness

Parashat Emor May 6, 2023 Last week I mentioned the Kedoshim tihiyu קדושים תהיו (you shall be holy) was a central concept for all of Jewish ritual and observance. This week’s Torah potion continues with the description of regulations of...

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Lives in Chicago, Illinois USA. Academic and synagogue librarian for more than 40 years. Graduate of Columbia University in the City of New York, Jewish Theological Seminary, and Jewish University of America. MHL and DHL in Tanah. Gabbai Sheni of Kehilath Jacob Beth Shmuel in Chicago (1984-2022). Weekday Gabbi KINS (2010- )

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