From the Rabbi’s Desk – Archive

Aron Moss raises a hypothetical situation – one he claims has never happened before. Because of a mix-up in communication, he left his wife stranded…

Right in between Sukkot and Simchat Torah, sort of attached to both of them, is Shemini Atzeret, the 8th Assembly, or at least the 8th…

When a film is completed, usually there are entire scenes and out-takes left over. They are referred to as being left on the cutting room…

When a child is growing up, he or she just assumes that how they are raised and what goes on in their home is how…

This Shabbat will be our very first Sisterhood Shabbat. We certainly hope that this will be the first of a great many such events. In…

I take enormous pleasure when I read a truly learned person writing what I have said before. Granted, they are almost always more erudite than…

I cannot imagine that I am the only Jew watching the Olympics. Also, I cannot imagine that I am the only Jew keeping track of…

Halpern’s Rule #5 – It Is All About the Words – is usually applied to the understanding of our Holy Scriptures. It is often too…

This past week one of the Jewish community’s giants passed away-- Elie Wiesel: Shoah survivor, author, voice for all those who survived “The Kingdom of…

I am positively certain that Rabbi Benjamin Blech is totally unaware of Halpern’s Rules . . . or of Halpern, either, for that matter. However,…