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ROSH HASHANAH EVENING 5768 By Rabbi Robert H. Loewy This evening I wish you “L’Shanah Tovah”, while in English we say Happy New Year.” These are not exactly the same. “L’Shanah tovah” implies all will be well, but also that you...
Yom Kippur Eve- 5768 By Rabbi Robert H. Loewy My dear friends, the plaintive call of Kol Nidre reaches out to us, as we entreat God to forgive us for all that we have done wrong in the year gone by. At the same time we are called to be...
YOM KIPPUR MORNING 5768 By Rabbi Robert H. Loewy This morning I want to tell you about some real people whom I have met in recent days. I think of them as “mitzvah heroes.” Some are even seated on our pulpit this morning....
By Rabbi Robert H. Loewy October 19, 2007 My friends, God wants us to be perfect, so does Ann Coulter. However what God wants of us and what Ann seeks for us are two very different paths to perfection. Let’s start with God in this week’s...
October 26, 2007 By Rabbi Robert H. Loewy “I want to stay in your country and be a citizen,” said the older looking gentleman standing in front of the Immigration Officer. Officer: “How did you get here?” Applicant: “Easy,...
April 18, 2008 By Rabbi Robert H. Loewy At Purim time we had lots of fun this year. In our Purim spiel, with tongues firmly planted in cheek we connected Esther with Clinton, Obama with Haman, Mordecai with Huckabee, and Achashveros with McCain....
January 18, 2008 By Rabbi Robert H. Loewy A little boy came home from religious school one Sunday and his dutiful parents asked him what he learned. With great excitement he told them about the story of Moses and the Israelites and their escape...
November 9, 2007 By Rabbi Robert H. Loewy Like many of you, I have a brother. And like many of you there have been times, when the two of us have not been on the best of terms. Fortunately, most of those occurred when we were young children,...
May 16, 2008 By Rabbi Robert H. Loewy All of us have heard the comments: references to “rich Jews” or “cheap Jews.” Sometimes we hear the expression “Shylocks,” when describing someone who is a loan shark and occasionally...