HeyJaredRabbi Lazer Gurkow
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Sukkot: The perspective From heaven (opens the original)
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When Jacob and Esau were children, they discovered their immense differences. Despite having the same parents and growing up in the same home, Jacob wanted one thing and Esau wanted another. Jacob sought a life of meaning and fulfillment, a life he could look back on with a sense of achievement, knowing that he had done something to make the world better than he found it. What is the value of gems, comfort, leisure, and wealth if we have nothing meaningful to show for them at the end? Esau was t
They hate us for good reason (opens the original)
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Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world, and the Jews are one of the smallest nations in the world. You would never know it from the attention we garner. El Salvador and Rwanda are similar in size; how often do you read about them on social media? Ecuador and Zimbabwe have a similar population to that of Jews worldwide; how often do you read about them compared to the Jews? Insignificant states and peoples do not attract the world’s attention. Israel and Jews are on the news almost
A nation of one (opens the original)
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We are not just a united nation. We are a nation of one, so interconnected that we are like a single person. Wait. Is that not discriminatory? Are we really saying that Jews are different from everyone else? The Torah itself seems to raise precisely this question. Two laws in this week’s Torah portion distinguish between Jews and non-Jews. The Lost ItemThe first is the Mitzvah to return a lost item (Deuteronomy 22:1). We are required to return a fellow Jew’s lost property, but this Mitzvah does
Shoplifting erodes the fabric of society (opens the original)
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Shoftim: Shoplifting Erodes the Fabric of Society The other day I was at the supermarket making small talk with the cashier. I did the perfectly Canadian thing and talked about the weather, but Sharon had something else on her mind. She was complaining about shoplifting. She heard on the news that shoplifting was becoming a way of life in larger cities. People enter stores in broad daylight with large boxes and fill their containers with merchandise to resell for profit. Just the other day, she
Re’eh: Is money a blessing or a curse? (opens the original)
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Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof famously told G-d that if money is a curse, he would like G-d to smite him with it. This raises an important question. Is money a blessing or a curse? The answer depends less on money than on us. If you were content when you had little, but wealth placed you on the hedonic treadmill, then your money has become a curse. The more you own, the more you want. Yesterday you were happy with denim; today Gucci isn't enough. Your clothes improved, but your peace of mind de
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