Devarim 5783-2023
“Building a ‘New’ Sanctuary”
(updated and revised from Devarim 5764-2004)
This has been a difficult and challenging year for the Jewish people. Terror attacks, anti-Semitism, assimilation and intermarriage are on the rise. It has also been a particularly hard year for observant Jews, who are constantly challenged by new religious issues and the prohibitively expensive cost of maintaining a religious lifestyle. Perhaps what we need during this period of mourning for the Temple, is a period of spiritual chilling-out--to calm down and to rebuild a spiritual and emotional Sanctuary that resides within each of us.
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Devarim-Tisha B’Av 5764-2004
"Building a 'New' Sanctuary"
This has been a difficult and challenging year for the Jewish people. Terror attacks, anti-Semitism, assimilation and intermarriage are on the rise. It has also been a particularly hard year for observant Jews, who have been challenged with the appearance of crustaceans in their waters and wigs that might have been used for idolatry. Perhaps what we need during this period of mourning for the Temple is to spiritually chill-out, to calm down and find a sanctuary in our belief system.
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