We Are NOT Grasshoppers - Korach 5784
In your Shabbat bulletin you will find a list of my 30 favorite verses in the Torah. I started off with a goal of 10, but the list quickly..
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The God Show Podcast With Pat McMahon - Ep. 282 Israel under attack. How could it happen?
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
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BaMidbar: Everyone Counts
The book of BaMidbar picks up where Exodus left off. Our Israelite ancestors escaped from slavery in Egypt, successfully passed through...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
May 224 min
B’har: Do Not Oppress
This week’s Torah portion, B’Har addresses issues of economic justice and social equality, environmental stewardship...
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Apr 153 min
Passover Jewish News 2024
After perhaps too much preparation, we find ourselves in the midst of our Passover celebration. Perhaps the message of “Dayenu” has found...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
Mar 284 min
Passover Seder 2024
Why is this Passover different from all other Passover seders?
Passover celebrates liberation. It celebrates freedom...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
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Purim and Antisemitism 2024
I’ve been thinking a lot about the upcoming holiday of Purim, a moment in our calendar characterized by much joy and not a small amount of..
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
Mar 74 min
Ki Tissa: The Half Shekel, Me and You
Check out these coins! Although it is a coin from the State of Israel, the notion of it goes back to this week’s Torah reading. As the...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
Feb 164 min
What is God’s Love Language?
Gold and silver and brass. Blue and purple and scarlet. Plus precious stones and fine oil and fabrics and skins. Terumah begins.
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
Dec 3, 20233 min
To Be a Free People in Our Own Land
A commentary on Parshat Vayeitze published in the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, Nov. 24, 2023 In Genesis 27:13-14 God speaks to the...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
Oct 11, 20234 min
Bereshit and Justice
And so it begins again. This week, Parshat Bereshit, we have the opportunity to open our Torah scroll to the very beginning and take it...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
Feb 21, 20233 min
Mishpatim: Trust, But Verify
A Temple Chai member approached me at the nosh a couple of weeks ago with the words, “Rabbi, can I ask you to do me a favor?” I replied,...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
Nov 16, 20223 min
Chayye Sarah- Try a Little Kindness
Eliezer has a tough job in this week’s Torah portion. How would you like to be responsible for choosing a partner for your boss’s child?...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
Nov 2, 20224 min
Noah and Nakedness
We all know the story of this week’s Torah portion, how Noah is identified as the only righteous person in his generation, and delegated...
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