Ira Ebbin

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Feb 5, 2024, 12:00 AM

Those Singing on the Other Side of the Sea

My daughter Shira made Aliyah a year and a half ago. Instead of drafting into the Israeli army, Shira enrolled in a program called Sheirut Le’umi, which is the Hebrew term for National Service. Last year, Shira spent a...

Sep 9, 2022, 7:39 PM

A Generation After 9/11: Creating National Memory

“I make this covenant…not with you alone, but both with those who are standing here with us this day…and with those who are not with us here this day.” Deuteronomy 29:13-14 As we mark the 21st anniversary since the September...

Apr 9, 2021, 11:41 PM

A Small Piece Of Me Died That Day

When I heard last week that Linda had passed away, I felt as though a small piece of me had died as well. To be honest, I wouldn't say that I actually knew Linda very well. We only first met...

Apr 1, 2019, 10:50 PM

Nissan -The Month Of Spring/The Month of Miracles

The Talmud teaches us in Tracate Brachot (43B) Rabbi Yehudah said. “A person who goes out in the month of Nissan and sees the Trees bloom, should recites the blessing “Blessed are You who did not leave anything lacking in...

Dec 28, 2018, 7:31 AM

I once donated a kidney, but I am not a hero

It was three and a half years ago actually. Three and half years ago I donated one of my kidneys to a woman that I had never previously met. Her name is Linda, and I must say she was...

May 17, 2018, 8:26 PM

What blessing do you make on the new embassy?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the official opening ceremony of the US embassy in Jerusalem, on May 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

I thank God for allowing Israel to stand 'erect with stature' we received through the nations of the world

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Rabbi Ira Ebbin serves as the Rabbi of Congregation Ohav Sholom, a Modern Orthodox Synagogue in Merrick, NY.

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