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St. Louis Jewish Light

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St. Louis Jewish Light

Parashat Noach: Enter the Word

By Rabbi James Stone GoodmanPublished October 6, 2010

You entered the Ark Noah (Genesis 7:1), that is teivah which is also the word for the basket into which Yocheved would place baby Moses for safekeeping (Exodus 2:3). Moses was saved by the teivah. Teivah also means word. You entered the teivah, Noah,...

Rabbi Mordecai Miller of BSKI

Dvar Torah: Judaism and determinism

by Rabbi Mordecai MillerPublished September 29, 2010

One of the most eye-opening classes I was privileged to attend during my years at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institue of Religion, Cincinnati, Ohio was the elective given by Professor Chanan Brichto.  His subject was the opening chapters of Genesis...

Rabbi James Stone Goodman serves Congregation Neve Shalom and is a member of the St. Louis Rabbinical Association.

D’var Torah: On Selichot, less is more

By Rabbi James Stone GoodmanPublished September 1, 2010

On this day [Rosh Hashanah] the moon is covered, and it does not shine until the tenth day, when Israel turns.  — Zohar On Selichot, we introduce the notions that we will pick up and follow through the days of Awe. Selichot are piyyutim (piyyut from...

Rabbi Mark Fasman serves Congregation Kol Rinah and is a member of the St. Louis Rabbinical Association.

Parashat Ki Tavo – on respecting the leaders of ‘our own days’

BY RABBI MARK FASMANPublished August 25, 2010

"It shall be, when you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell therein, that you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground ... and you shall come to the priest that shall be...

Parashat Ki Tetze: The responsibility to respect all life

BY RABBI JOSEF A. DAVIDSONPublished August 18, 2010

When a nation goes to war against its enemies, it is not unusual for soldiers, who are usually very young and unable to participate in the normal social activities of youth, to come upon women in the time of battle and to view them as objects subject...

Parashat Shofetim’s call for justice is poignant as ever

BY RABBI RANDY FLEISHERPublished August 12, 2010

On the ‘wish list' for our synagogue sanctuary is to have a pasuk, a sentence or phrase from a Jewish text tastefully sculpted onto the wall above the ark. One of our top choices is from Shofetim, this week's Torah portion: "Justice, justice, shall...

Rabbi Dale Schreiber

A vision of justice which transcends status

By Rabbi Dale SchreiberPublished August 4, 2010

There is a proverb that reads, ‘without vision, people perish.' The Torah projects a vision for what is humanly possible. This week's portion, Re'eh, is found in Deuteronomy, the book which emphasizes social justice, personal ethics and neighborly responsibility....

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