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dabaum1
Feb 14, 20236 min read
February 14th - A Day Of Broken Hearts
The legacy of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland will forever be with me. When my wife and I started...
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dabaum1
Feb 9, 20237 min read
If you could only bring one thing with you, what would it be? Refugee Shabbat - Beshalach 2023
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Shabbat Shirah - Beshalach 2023 HIAS/Refugee Shabbat Rabbi David Baum Let’s say you were a slave, and...
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dabaum1
Jan 4, 20237 min read
Joseph: The Secret Genius©
Parashat Vayigash 2022/5783 As we come to the close of 2022, I think it’s important to take a step back at how we have all changed, not...
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dabaum1
Nov 23, 20222 min read
Thanksgiving: Finding Joy In Difficult Times
Thanksgiving is a holiday that looks at joy from a Jewish perspective. In Judaism, Simcha, joy, is not just a feeling, but an act. Joy...
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dabaum1
Nov 22, 20227 min read
Turning Our Sorrow into Laughter: Comedy and Antisemitism©
Rabbi David Baum Chayyei Sarah 2022/5783 Two Israelis, Chaim and Moshe, are sitting on the beach in Tel Aviv, reading. Chaim has two...
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dabaum1
Oct 27, 20228 min read
Jewish Pride In the Face of Anti-Semitism©
(Delivered on Chol HaMoed Sukkot 2022/5783) This time period is called Zman Simchatenu - the time of our happiness, but what makes us...
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dabaum1
Oct 6, 202212 min read
A Letter To Our Bnai Mitzvah Children - Dream Big and Cultivate Your Names©
Yom Kippur Sermon by Rabbi David Baum 2022/5783 I’m about to begin my fourteenth year as rabbi of our congregation, which means I started...
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Rabbi David Baum
Oct 6, 202211 min read
Getting Back To The Family Table - Pursuing Peace After the Pandemic©
Kol Nidre 2022 - Rabbi David Baum Click here for the primary sources used for the sermon The last two and a half years of Covid...
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dabaum1
Sep 28, 202212 min read
The Epidemic of Loneliness and the Cure: Making People Feel At Home In the World©
(Photo credit: https://unsplash.com/@davehoefler) First Day of Rosh Hashanah Sermon - September 26, 2022/1st of Tishrei 5783 Once upon a...
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dabaum1
Sep 28, 202212 min read
Why I Chose To Be A Conservative Rabbi - Jewish Unity - Not Uniformity©
People often ask me, why did you become a rabbi? To answer that question, I want to take you all back to my rabbinical school interview...
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dabaum1
Sep 23, 20224 min read
When a Sunrise is More Than A Sunrise - Pre-High Holiday Message 2022
When is a sunrise more than just a sunrise? I asked myself this question on Sunday morning. I went to bed on Saturday evening after...
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dabaum1
Sep 6, 20227 min read
Elul Lessons from Animals About Mitzvoth, Memory and Responsibility©
Last Shabbat, Cantor Hadash, in honor of Rosh Chodesh Elul, led us in a new song he created just for this holy month. To summarize the...
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dabaum1
Sep 2, 20227 min read
Student Debt Forgiveness and Politics from the Pulpit - Parashat Re'eh
There’s an old rabbinic tale: The students come to their Rebbe and say they have found a way to rid the world of poverty – the rich will...
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Rabbi David Baum
Sep 1, 20222 min read
The Divine Is In the Field - But Where Are You?
A reflection during the month of Elul I was inspired by a spiritual practice from my friend Nachshon David Carmi who shared that he...
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Rabbi David Baum
Aug 25, 20224 min read
Celebrating our Birthdays Jewishly
Our birthdays are special days for us, whether you are Jewish or not. Growing up, people celebrated their actual birthdays, but there’s a...
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