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May 8

Why do they hate us so? Many reasons have been given, but after all the discussions, it boils down to the fact that we are G-d's People and they just have a hard time with that. Own it friend!

What does it mean to be G-d's People?

Hashem gave us the Torah (please celebrate this anniversary with us) and in it are the instructions how to be G-d's People.

Some of these instructions are about religious things, like Shabbat, Kosher and blowing the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah. But the real stuff is in this week's Torah portion.

The portion is called Kedoshim. G-d asks us to be holy like He is holy. Being holy is about the small things. Things like; how we eat, how we talk and how we treat each other.

In all of our most mundane activities, the actions that are done by all of humankind, we have the opportunity to uncover the G-dliness that is in it and to connect to Hashem and become holy through them.

We can help those that wish to hate us, but we can at least own it. Let's live as proud Jews in all that we do.

Good Shabbos!

With all my love,

Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman

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Shameless Rabbi's

Seven Rabbis were summoned late at night for an early morning exclusive session to determine if the year should be interlocated (fancy word for adding a month - a Jewish Leap Year) as is proscribed. Eight Rabbi's showed up. This is not the beginning of a joke. True story Talmud Sanhedrin.

Buff Humility

Neither the bent over suffering depictions of Jews by anti-semitic cartoonists, nor the image of the modern Jew the buff warrier are the authentic depictions of either the Torah's value nor the true meaning of greatness.

Receiving The Torah In Your Body

I love when that happens! That was my uncle Schwartzie’s favorite line and the name of his book. He meant this in the context of recognizing the hand of Hashem when seeing the dots connect in interactions and events transpiring around him/us.

Standing Tall with Humility

The orders of the Torah portions are intentional. In preparation for the holiday of Shavous we have the rebuke in this week’s Parsha, similar how it is two weeks before Rosh Hashanah.

The Inner Work

This week I had a difficult discussion with a colleague. I walked away from the conversation sad for my colleague and also not feeling great with how I showed up for that individual (perhaps the two are tied together).

What's In Your Ear(pods) or You Are What You Consume

What's in your ear(pods) or you are what you consume.

Do you ever find yourself agitated or angsty for no reason? And then you remember that you saw a disturbing news piece, read a bothersome email, or someone said something that set you off?

Spaceship. Lifeboat. Crew

I am not particularly interested in outer space.

There, I said it, and it feels like a confession. For someone my age—Gen X, raised on rockets and Reagan and the promise of “the final frontier”—I’m aware this borders on heresy.

Carrying Pesach Forward

Although Pesach is over, the aura of the holiday and the spiritual effects of the Matzah and Wine remain inside of us having become part of who we are.

FREEDOM!

The idea of imagining slavery or being kept hostage is not a foreign idea. These past two + years we have lived with the plight of the hostages, their suffering, their release and now their stories.

Every Generation, Every Day

One of the most familiar passages of the Haggadah, a quote from a Mishna reads, "in every generation one is required to see themselves as if they left Egypt".

Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman

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