RABBI ELIEZER FINKELSTEIN, Bais Abraham Congregation
• Published July 17, 2025
This past Sunday, we fasted on the 17th of Tammuz, which our rabbis, in Mishnah Ta’anit 4:6, say commemorates five events: Moshe breaking the Two Tablets upon seeing the Golden Calf; suspension of the daily offerings in the Temple; the Romans...
In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade as a national precedent for the right of women to choose whether or not to carry a pregnancy to term, 20 states have passed legislation essentially revoking that right to choose....
Have you met the daughters of Zelophehad?
They are the five brave women we encounter in this week’s Torah portion (Parashat Pinchas), in which we hear their impassioned plea to Moses regarding their and their deceased father’s right to inherit...
Who doesn’t think their situation is paramount? My past few weeks have been as exciting and exhausting as one can imagine, moving with three young boys during a pandemic. As we have begun to settle into our splendid new home and Jewish community here...
If peace is the absence of conflict, then there are at least two paths to peace. In a conflict of winners and losers, violence and dominance is a path to peace. One “side” overcomes the other, and imposes terms. The winner enjoys peace, the loser...
