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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Rabbi Eliezer Finkelstein of Bais Abraham Congregation.

D’var Torah: Reacting to a reunion

Rabbi Eliezer Finkelstein, Bais Abraham CongregationPublished December 25, 2025

Imagine you are Yaakov. You spent 20 years away from your parents, due to the threat of your brother. And then you lost your son, the oldest of your beloved wife Rachel. Your other sons told you he was attacked by an animal and killed, and you have no...

Portrait of Rabbi Josef Davidson

D’var Torah: Leaving the Land of Goshen

RABBI JOSEF DAVIDSONPublished December 29, 2022

There has long been a tension in Judaism and in Jewish communities between particularism and universalism. Proponents of particularism would have Jews form themselves into self-contained communities, isolated from neighboring non-Jewish communities,...

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