Rabbi David Baum

Rabbi David Baum Parashat Toldot 2023/5784 On December 6, 1987, my father went to Washington DC to take part in the Save Soviet Jewry...

Parashat Chayyei Sarah 2023/5784 Rabbi David Baum At the end of the movie Schindler’s List, as Schindler’s Jews are liberated from the...

In this week’s parashah, Lech Lecha, we are introduced to an important mitzvah: pidyon shvuyim , the redemption/ransoming of captives....

Last week, I said that the most difficult thing about writing a sermon is the beginning - it seems like the Torah portion solved that...

Last Friday night, we gathered as a congregation for a service of hope and healing. As many of you know, Friday night (when we’re not...

Photo by Jukan Tateisi on Unsplash People often ask, what’s the most difficult part about writing a sermon? I think most rabbis will tell...

Photo by Cole Keister on Unsplash Baruch Dayan HaEmet - Praised is the True Judge. I write to you today with an extremely heavy heart as...

From Descendant to Ancestor: The Power of Names© Yom Kippur Yizkor 5784/2023 Rabbi David Baum You may be surprised by the question I’m...

What Would Golda Do Today?© The 50th Anniversary of the Yom Kippur War and the Parallels to Today Rabbi David Baum Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre...

Rosh Hashanah Evening 5784/2023 Rabbi David Baum Photo by Danny Howe on Unsplash Click Here for an Audio Recording Twenty-three years...

Rosh Hashanah Rabbi David Baum Congregation Shaarei Kodesh 5784/2023 Click Here For An Audio Recording Click Box Below For Video I...

Rosh Hashanah 5784/2023 Rabbi David Baum Video Click Here for an Audio Recording This summer, one of our children, Harrison, was...

Photo by Hudson Hintze on Unsplash A man was lying in bed on Shabbat morning refusing to leave the room. Finally, his wife said to him,...

I have stood in this place many, many times. I do not know exactly how many mothers I have buried during my fourteen-year career as a...

Rachel Esther Baum, a trailblazing finance director and pillar of the Miami-Dade County and South Florida Jewish community, passed away...

Click Below For Recording of the Funeral As the summer comes to a close, I have to share that this has been the most difficult summer of...

Baruch Dayan HaEmet We are devastated to announce that our mother, Rachel Musman Baum, passed away this morning after a long illness....

My address to our congregation on May 31, 2023 Congregational meetings offer us all a chance to look back and reflect, not just as a...

This Shabbat, we honored our Legacy donors (those who have pledged after-life gifts to our community) and chaverim/members who have...

On Monday evening, Jews will gather together to laugh and have fun together for the holiday of Purim, but there’s another reason to...