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September 28, 2013 | Worship and High Holidays
Parashat Noach: The Tower of Babel
A popular way to look at this story is that the people were trying to become like God by building a tower high in the heavens, and that they were punished for disrespecting God. I would like to suggest another possible answer.
Read MoreSeptember 25, 2013 | Worship and High Holidays
Parashat Bereishit
God planned not just that the fruit would grow from the tree, but also that the tree itself would taste like fruit. In other words, that you could pull down a branch or a piece of bark or a leaf and it would taste just like the fruit.
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2013
Simchat Torah
What is it about this book that we celebrate it in such a joyous, special way? It is a powerful book, fascinating and unique, a book of intrigue, adventure, and romance. It is full of endless ethical and spiritual lessons and profound Jewish concepts and teachings.
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2013 | Worship and High Holidays
Central Synagogue in the Jewish Week
Our Yom Kippur services and Rabbi Rubinstein's final High Holy Day sermon are listed among the holiday season's Jewish highlights across New York City.
Read MoreSeptember 14, 2013
Sukkot: A Spiritual Journey
Sukkot marks the Exodus from Egypt just as Passover does, but Sukkot marks it in a slightly different way. With Passover we are concerned with every aspect of the Exodus story, but with Sukkot we are specifically marking the journey from Egypt to the land of Israel, when the Jews traveled through the desert.
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