An award-winning speaker, popular teacher, and experienced officiant.
“Man can alter his life by changing his thinking”
~ William James
An award-winning speaker, popular teacher, and experienced officiant.
“Man can alter his life by changing his thinking”
~ William James
Rabbinic Services
Rabbi Allen is ready to serve your needs in a variety of capacities. He is an award-winning speaker, popular teacher, and experienced officiant.
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Rabbi Allen is pleased to meet with you to discuss officiating at your wedding. With the experience of officiating at more than four hundred weddings, Rabbi Allen can customize each …
Books
In addition to the scholarly articles he has contributed to peer reviewed publications, Rabbi Allen has edited two books on Jewish law and co-written along with Harvey Haber a book of introductory prayers for various occasions. Rabbi Allen has also made a significant contribution to the understanding of Jewish theology, philosophy, history, and religious practice through his books.
Thinking About Good And Evil: Jewish Views From Antiquity To Modernity
The most comprehensive book on the topic, Thinking about Good and Evil traces the most salient Jewish ideas about why innocent people seem to suffer, why evil individuals seem to prosper, and God’s role in such matters of (in)justice, from antiquity to the present.
Outlook & Insights
Looking In – Sukkot 5787
Mary Potter saw her family in a whole new way. It happened when she went outside to take the clothes down from the line. This is how she expressed hew new perspective in a short article that was...
Heaven and Earth – Ha’azinu 5787
Rabbi Abraham Price was effectively the dean of Orthodox rabbis in Toronto from his arrival in the late 1930’s until his death in 1994. He was the mentor to many young students, including refugees,...
The Questions We Ask of Ourselves – Rosh Hashanah 5787
Rava, one of the greatest of the Amoraim, said in the third century (Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 31a): “When a person is brought forward in judgment before God, he is asked: ‘Have you negotiated...
Real Poverty – Nitzavim-VaYelekh 5786
The Babylonian Talmud (Bava Batra 43a) takes up an interesting theoretical. Suppose someone pledges giving a gift of one hundred dinars (the currency of the day) to the poor residents of his city...
Knowing History – K Tavo 5786
When farmers brought their first fruits to the Jerusalem Temple, they were required to make a verbal acknowledgment, affirming that the farmer is fulfilling his obligation (Deuteronomy 26:3). Once...
Yearning for Peace – Ki Tetze 5786
Commenting on the Torah’s presumption that wherever human beings live together disputes are inevitable (“When there is a quarrel between two parties…” [Deuteronomy 25:2]), the ancient rabbinic Sifre...