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Frederick L. Klein

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Parashat Ki Tisa: Living in a world of zealous gods

01.03.2024 20

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Frederick L. Klein

Parashat Yitro: Yitro and Amalek

I have just returned from Israel, during one of the heaviest weeks in memory.  I arrived on Tuesday, after the terrible news of the deaths of...

02.02.2024 40

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VaEra: Delusions of Power

12.01.2024 20

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Shemot: The Beginnings of Civil Disobedience

05.01.2024 10

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VaYechi :The End of Days

29.12.2023 20

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VaYishlach: Does Esau Have to Hate Jacob?

02.12.2023 10

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Lech Lecha: Imagining an Alternate History 

The tragedy we are experiencing as a people sadly was presaged in Abraham’s journey into the land of Israel. Abraham was promised the Land, but...

27.10.2023 10

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Noah: When Our Hopes and Dreams are Drowned into the Abyss 

When a child is born there is so many hopes and dreams. We project our desires onto the future generation, and we hope they will work to create a...

20.10.2023 10

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Bereishit:    A Battle Against Darkness

In memory of the victims of the simchat Torah massacre and the many others murdered in Israel this past week. In general, when writing an essay, one...

13.10.2023 20

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Special Prayer for Shabbat Candle Lighting, Parashat Bereishit, 5784

The Earth was a vacant abyss, with darkness on the surface of the watery depths, and a great wind blowing on the surface of the water. – Genesis...

13.10.2023 20

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Sukkot: Opening our Eyes to Blessing and Responding in Joy

One of my favorite Chasidic folk tales is the story of the house that is too small. [1] A tiny room, the parents can no longer stand the six children...

30.09.2023 20

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Yom Kippur and Sukkot: Cultivating faith when life does not makes sense

Dedicated to the Memory of my dear chaver (friend) Yehudah (Joel) Wine, 1968-2023 Fall 1973. Jerusalem. Yom Kippur. The neilah prayer has just ended...

23.09.2023 20

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Repentance and Revolution: A Teaching for Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the period known as the Aseret Yemei Hateshuvah, the Ten Days of Repentance.  Given that another name for the...

15.09.2023 20

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