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Rabbi James Stone Goodman

D’var Torah— A reflection in poetry

By Rabbi James Stone GoodmanPublished February 22, 2012

Parashat Terumah Make [of] Me a Mikdash/holy placeand I will dwellwithin them- Exodus 25:8 The Zohar understands the Sanctuary as a place where two worlds are unified. It is built out of terumah, which is read by many from a Hebrew root which means to...

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

O Holy Shabbes Inspiration Pinchas

By Rabbi James Stone GoodmanPublished July 13, 2011

You know we are dreaming peace all the time nowthe evidence of that broken letter vavin the word shalom of brit shalom [Numbers 25:12]the covenant of peacethat may be what's holding it up - Let's fix the vav in the brit shalomthis reward that is given...

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