Robyn Fryer Bodzin

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Oct 23, 2024, 3:23 AM

Lunch with a Lulav

Maimonides teaches that when the Temple was destroyed, the Sages ordained that the lulav be taken everywhere for the entire seven days of the festival, as a remembrance of the Temple. Nowadays, any Jewish person may recite a blessing...

May 21, 2020, 8:36 AM

Lessons from the Wilderness

This year, we practically skipped Sefer Vayikra, the book of Leviticus. Most Jews did not join together physically as a community for the entire time we should have been reading Vayikra each week in synagogues around the world. For...

Mar 29, 2019, 8:59 AM

AIPAC…To the Moon and Beyond

What were you doing on July 20, 1969? On that day, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on the moon. The world excitedly watched as he, along with Buzz Aldrin walked around for three hours. In addition to doing...

May 23, 2018, 10:14 PM

#OmerChallenge: 7 Weeks, 11 Women Rabbis, 49 Pounds

Co-written by Rabbi Yael Hammerman, Rabbi Rachel Ain and Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin You may think that we’re an unnecessarily niche Facebook group: female Conservative rabbis doing Weight Watchers. But, who else understands what it’s like to navigate the intricacies of...

Nov 29, 2017, 9:32 AM

Thanking Canada, seventy years later

On November 29, 1947, Canada was one of 33 countries that voted yes to United Nations Resolution 181, also known as the Partition Plan, which led to the establishment of the modern state of Israel. All around the world,...

May 4, 2016, 11:09 PM

Acharei Mot haShoah

The Torah portion of Acharei Mot, which means "after the death" opens with The Lord spoke to Moshe after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they drew too close to the presence of the...

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Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin is a member of the Spiritual Leadership Team at Beth Tzedec Congregation in Toronto, Canada.