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May 18, 2016
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DAY 1418: Feeling Our Inner Yid

The following is the first of three journals previewing this weekend's Scholar in Residence Weekend -- From Being Jewish to Doing Jewish: Deepening Our Jewish Identities. Today's installment focuses on the Friday night program around "being Jewish." Dear Hevreh, Chances are that if you're reading this message, there's been at least one seminal moment in your life when you either felt a connection to being Jewish, or (if you don't identify as Jewish) you developed an appreciation for what Judaism has to offer. In other words, regardless of our particular experiences, we share a universal feeling of the importance of whatever-it-is-that-we-call-"Jewish." Our weekend's scholar Rabbi Porath will spend some time on Friday night helping us articulate and appreciate these seminal experiences of being/feeling[...]

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May 12, 2016
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DAY 1412: On Israel and Shepherding

"I was a shepherd in Africa...now I shepherd Jewish people to Israel" - paraphrase of Dr. Avraham Neguise, Likud Member of Knesset and Chairman of Committee on Immigration, Absorption, and Diaspora Affairs Dear Hevreh, Israel has always held a special place in my heart. Between college and rabbinical school I took five trips to Israel and after each one my appreciation and love for the miracle of the Jewish State only increased. I even contemplated making aliyah at one point until I felt commanded to serve the Jewish people and religious life in America. This story is not new - many non-Israeli Jews feel a call to join the Jewish project in Israel, yet for one reason or another find[...]

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September 16, 2015
By bethmordecai
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Rosh Hashanah Sermon 2015/5776 — Encouraging Belonging

ROSH HASHANAH SERMON -- Listen to Rabbi Saks’ Rosh Hashanah Sermon for 5776 on opening ourselves to the natural, gravitational pull of belonging we feel to one another, to tradition, to God, and to all of creation. [audio m4a="http://bethmordecai.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Rosh-Hashanah-Sermon-5776-Encouraging-Belonging.m4a"][/audio]   CLICK HERE TO Listen to Rabbi Saks' other great teachings from Rosh Hashanah 2015/5776

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March 22, 2013
By bethmordecai
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Parashat Tzav (צו) — Elevating Our Offerings

2013/5773 (Triennial III) -- Elevating Our Offerings Our traditions teach us that there are specific ways in which we can connect to God, but how do those ways connect to us? How can we elevate our ways of connecting to God so that we feel as if we're connecting with ourselves as well?

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