Rabbi Benjamin David

Rabbi Benjamin David serves Adath Emanu-El in Mount Laurel, N.J. He and his wife Lisa are the parents of Noa, Elijah, and Samuel.

Tzav
Shavuot

Putting Prayers on Your Calendar Every Day

Cantor David Berger
A few years ago I put a reminder on my Google Calendar for 12:30 p.m. every day to get up and do some part of Minchah, the afternoon service. ... I keep coming back to daily prayer as a source of the personal affirmation and renewal I need to serve as the leader I hope to be.In this week’s Torah portion, Tzav, Aaron and his sons, the priests of the Israelite community, are commanded to make their own daily, humble, personal sacrificial offerings as part of their regular work of Temple service.
Chol HaMo-eid Sukkot
Torrah and Kippah

The Climax of Sukkot and the Profound Joy of the Journey

Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi, Ph.D.
More than any other Jewish holiday or ritual, I love the audacity of Sukkot. After the many profound words and seemingly endless prayers of the High Holidays, Sukkot offers a very different holiday mode. The main theme and ultimate goal of the holiday is to achieve climactic joy throughout the holiday, including the intermediate days, which are known as Chol HaMo-eid Sukkot.

What Can the Brian Williams Scandal Teach Us About "Walking with God"?

Rabbi Benjamin David

I have this terrible image I can’t quite shake, of walking into high school on the first day and being terrified.

More than 2,000 people attended Cherry Hill High School East when I was a student there. The image I carry with me, years later, is of a place

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