Category Archives: Delafield Jewish Center (DJC)

DJC Groundhog Day Convocation 2010

Posted on February 7, 2010 by cyberdov

A gala affair! And for the second time we were honored by the presence of Rabbi Rosenblatt. I guess that when he attended last year – for the first time in it’s 17 year history – nothing bad happened, so … Continue reading →

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Vayishlach – the 2 Missions of Yaakov

Posted on December 2, 2009 by cyberdov

I had the privilege of meeting R Yair Kahn of Yeshivat Har Etzion last Shabbat at Seudah Shelisheet at the Clanton Park shul in Toronto, where he shared the following thought. There is much duplication in the story of Jacob. … Continue reading →

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Lech Lecha – comparing 3 versions of the Ur Kasdim midrash

Posted on October 28, 2009 by cyberdov

I learned something interesting from Rabbi Azarya Berzon of the Toronto YU Kollel this week. The midrashic story of Avram’s brother Haran is well-known. It is based on the term ‘Ur Kasdim’,  (‘Ur of the Chaldeans’) in Genesis 11:28. In … Continue reading →

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DJC Shabbat Shuva Drasha – Yonah & Yom Kippur

Posted on September 25, 2009 by cyberdov

Perhaps the point of the whole story is that Yonah erred in thinking that disagreeing with God necessitates severing the relationship – rather, God prefers to keep the conversation going. Yonah had believed that the relationship is predicated on obedience and submission – the book is about God correcting this idea. Continue reading →

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Some thoughts for Yom Kippur

Posted on September 25, 2009 by cyberdov

From Rabbi Hyim Shafner at Morethodoxy: Yom Kippur will arrive this week and thousands of Jews will attend synagogues.  Why is it that so many attend synagogue on Yom Kippur, but not the rest of the year?  What is it … Continue reading →

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Shelach – the Woodcutter

Posted on June 18, 2009 by cyberdov

The Shabbat woodcutter at the end of Parashat Shelach is anonymous – at least in the text (later sources attempt to identify him).  There are a few other anonymous characters in Chumash, also identified as “Ish” – the man who … Continue reading →

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