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Rabbi’s Reflections - Sunday, November 17, 2019  Shavuah Tov *|FNAME|*, Thank you, Dr. Raymond Finney for yet another excellent RR submission. Coping with Grief (Part 2) by Raymond Finney Therefore comfort one another with these words. (1 Thessalonians 4:18)...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Saturday, November 16, 2019  Shabbat Shalom *|FNAME|*, Some of you have asked how I write the Rabbi’s Reflections.  What you mean is, where do I get the inspiration?  Most of the time I sit in front of a blank computer screen and pray.  The...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Friday, November 15, 2019  (Early) Shabbat Shalom *|FNAME|*, Rabbi Trail:  Why do I say “Early Shabbat Shalom” to start the Friday RR?  Well, it’s distributed on Thursday night.  While it is customary to say “Shabbat Shalom” anytime you see...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Thursday, November 14, 2019  Shalom *|FNAME|*, Ah!  I promised to write about “plotz.”  It’s a Yiddish word that means to fall apart.  One definition I saw said, “Split your guts.”  Well, when I saw the front page of the Knox News Sentinel this...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Wednesday, November 13, 2019  Shalom, It’s “Rocket Tuesday.”  I saw this headline in one of the many articles I read early Tuesday (that’s when I’m writing this).  By now you know rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel.  My youngest...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Tuesday, November 12, 2019  Shalom, I learned something last week while hanging out with my friends on the Tikkun AAT (American Apostolic Team), and I’ll tell you what it is shortly.  Truth be told, I’m having “meeting hangover.”  This is a term...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Monday, November 11, 2019 Happy Veterans Day and Shalom, Thank you to all of our veterans, especially to my daughters, Berelyn (US Army) and Jacquelyne (US Air Force). Honorable mention also goes out to my late father, Leonard Weiner (pictured...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Sunday, November 10, 2019  Shavuah Tov *|FNAME|*, Once again I offer abundant thanks to Raymond Finney for this timely and thorough treatment of grief.  This week we get half.  Next week, the other half.  I hope find this as helpful and...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Saturday, November 9, 2019  Shabbat Shalom *|FNAME|*, Every day, when I begin to write, I sit in front of a blank computer screen and begin to pray.  “Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, what would you have me to write today?  What message to...