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By Hebrew Seminary President Rabbi Dr. Douglas Goldhamer
The month of Elul, the last month before the Jewish New Year is the most important theological month of the Jewish year. In the month of Elul, God is closer to us than at any other time and our prayers are more […]
Hebrew Seminary President Rabbi Dr. Douglas Goldhamer’s teacher, Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Dresher taught:
“Your lungs expand and contract, responding to the universe. Imagine the universe as a vast Being that is alive, and that you are a cell in this body. And you, the cell, are kept alive by the Ru’ach of the universe. In Ezekiel 36:26, we read, ‘I will place a holy Ru’ach […]
By Rabbi Dr. Douglas Goldhamer
The great Hassidic rabbi Simcha Bunim suggests that the miracles that happen in the Torah did not happen only once in time and space. He states that Hashem’s miracles are accessible to be experienced in every time and every place and by every person.
I believe we need just to be open and aware that a Biblical miracle is not unique […]