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Two Lessons From First Fruits – Ki Tavo 5780

August 30, 2020 0 Comment
The Talmud (Pesahim 36b) discusses the schedule for reciting the confessional upon bringing first fruits to the Temple. When first …

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Hateful Marriages – Ki Tetze 5780

August 23, 2020 0 Comment
The rabbis are mystified by the possibility that a man may marry a woman whom he hates (Deuteronomy 21:15). That …

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No Infraction Too Trivial – Shoftim 5780

August 16, 2020 0 Comment
I lived in New York City at a time of increasing crime rates. In came new mayor, Ed Koch, and …

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Daily Choices – Re’eh 5780

August 09, 2020 0 Comment
In his landmark English commentary on the Torah, Rabbi Dr. Joseph H. Hertz explains that when Moses say that “I …

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The Whole Journey – Ekev 5780

August 02, 2020 0 Comment
Memory is strange. In one way, memory is, as James Barrie wrote, God’s gift to us that we might have …

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Dead Though Alive – Va-ethanan 5780

July 26, 2020 0 Comment
Constantine Reliu left Romania for Turkey in 1992 to look for a job. Other than a brief return to Romania …

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Hopefulness – Devarim 5780

July 19, 2020 0 Comment
The opening chapters of the book of Deuteronomy are always read in the synagogue on the Shabbat immediately preceding Tish’a …

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The Value of Total Interpretation – Ha’azinu 5780

October 06, 2019 0 Comment
Israeli scholar Meir Weiss propounded a technique of reading Biblical texts he called “total interpretation.” An example of what that …

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The Public Face of Courage – VaYelekh 5780

September 29, 2019 0 Comment
Because the Torah lacks both vowels and punctuation the text is often ambiguous. It may be read in more than …

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Avoiding Self-Serving Justifications – Nitzavim 5779

September 22, 2019 0 Comment
The Torah describes a final gathering of the Israelites before Moses dies (Deuteronomy 29:9- 28). To late thirteenth century Rabbi …

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RABBI WAYNE ALLEN

After being graduated from New York University with a B.A. in philosophy and Phi Beta Kappa, Rabbi Allen attended the Jewish Theological Seminary of America where he earned a Masters degree in Rabbinics and went on to receive rabbinic ordination. He has served as a congregational rabbi for almost 34 years, taking on postings in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto.

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