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Sep 10, 2022, 12:15 PM
Queen Elizabeth’s Death as a Prelude to Rosh Hashana
Since the passing of Queen Elizabeth II a few days ago, I have found myself inexplicably interested if not intrigued by everything royal. I gravitate towards articles about the queen’s life, about the plans for her funeral, about how...
Dec 31, 2021, 5:17 PM
How Chaim Walder got me to delete my Twitter account
I have been thinking of doing this for a while; deleting my Twitter account. But now, this morning, I finally did it. I joined Twitter for a number of reasons. I wanted to keep abreast of the goings on in...
Dec 17, 2020, 7:50 AM
A Plea to Principals: Don’t Take Away Our Snow Day
I remember the anticipation I felt as a child waiting for the first snow of the year. As an elementary school boy like many others, prayer wasn’t my thing. I davened in school because that is what I had...
Nov 12, 2020, 6:07 PM
PARSHA HAFTORA AND SUCCESSION
As a recovering pulpit rabbi, I have not yet outgrown the temptation to look towards the week’s Parsha for insight into current events. In that light I looked to this week’s Parsha, Chayei Sara, and the Haftora selected from...
May 22, 2020, 1:01 AM
Inspiration from praying in isolation
Our pandemic induced isolation seems to be nearing its end. Many are anxiously preparing to return to some semblance of a normal life. Many yearn to once again daven with a minyan. Some have already begun davening with socially...
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Rabbi Ezra Schwartz is a Rosh Yeshiva and Associate Director of the Semikha Program at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in New York