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on September 23, 2020

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Relief…or Guilt: Post-Hurricane Matthew Reactions from a Jewish South Floridian©

Relief…or Guilt: Post-Hurricane Matthew Reactions from a Jewish South Floridian© Shabbat Shuvah 5777/2016 Rabbi David Baum, Congregration Shaarei Kodesh How did you all feel waking up on Friday morning? I know, you were promised devastation from the Hurricane, they all warned you – there will be massive casualties. And…nothing happened, maybe a branch or two that fell, but for many, the effects of preparing for the storm, sore muscles from putting up shutters and a big bill from Home Depot and Publix, were the only effects. And yet… There are people who suffered – 300 dead in Haiti (and the number is climbing), many thousands left homeless. And we don’t know what will happen in the rest of the U.S. Why them, and not us? In the Unetaneh Tokef, we confront this idea head on: How many will pass on, and how many will be born; who will live and who will die; who will perish by fire and who by water; who by sword and who by be...

“What is a Jewish holiday? They tried to kill us. We survived. Now let’s eat!”© by Rabbi David Baum

“What is a Jewish holiday? They tried to kill us. We survived. Now let’s eat!” © by Rabbi David Baum Acharei Mot 2014/5774 - Congregation Shaarei Kodesh In one word – how would you describe the feeling of Passover? Many people say joyous, and in fact, our greeting for Passover is, hag kasher v’sameach, have a happy, and a kosher Passover. But let’s think back to Passover – is it a happy holiday? There’s an old Jewish joke: “What is a Jewish holiday? They tried to kill us, we survived, now let’s eat.” We focus on the ‘we survived, now let’s eat part, but the first part? We tend to skip over that. Let’s think back to the story – we have the killing of infant boys, drowning them in rivers, we have perpetual slavery – think about slavery for a moment. Who in here has seen the movie 12 Years A Slave? The movie is a true story about, Solomon Northup, a free African American man who is kidnapped and sold into slavery....

Rosh Hashanah Day 2 - October 1, 2019 - 2nd of Tishrei 5780 Jews Step Out of Line© Rabbi David Baum, Congregation Shaarei Kodesh It is the season of repentance, but first, you have to confess, so here it is - my public confession. This summer, I was with our sons in the deep south, and you can’t get any more southern than this, in a Walmart parking lot. I looked around the parking lot and I noticed some cars with Confederate flags bumper stickers, and I became concerned. I took my sons aside and said, “We are going to take off our kippot, and when we are inside, don’t call me Abba, call me Dad.” My sons asked, but, ‘Abba’, I mean, Dad, why? It was at that moment that I choked up - I had nothing to say. What do I tell my children? Why shouldn’t we wear a kippah out in the open anywhere we want, this is America after all! As I thought more about it, I realized I was asking myself the wrong questions - I kept on asking, why not, in th...

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