Category: Eikev
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Ekev 5785: A Second Telling of a Second Chance
Einstein is frequently credited with the observation that the very definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting different results. The authoritative collection of Einstein quotes published by Princeton University Press…
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Eikev 5773: “Underfoot Mitzvot”
If you were approached without warning and asked to name “the most important mitzvah” what would you answer? This morning I want to suggest that the most important mitzvah is the one you do not yet…
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Eikev 5781: “The Tablets and the Lost Ark”
Which comes first: the chicken or the egg? Is this a semantic question? Is this a philosophical question? I don’t know. How about this one: Do we store our Torah scrolls in an ark, or does…
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Eikev 5774: “We Must Love One Another Or Die”
Three or four years ago, our community in Princeton had difficulty finding a babysitter for the last days of Pesach. Pesach coincided with Easter that year and our usual babysitters for Shabbat morning were all celebrating one of…
Rabbi David Wolkenfeld 