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Rabbi Lazer Gurkow

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Mishpatim: Finding the Truth

Mishpatim: Finding the Truth

Manna from Heaven: Gift Wrap

Manna from Heaven: Gift Wrap

Vayigash: Master of Self

Vayigash: Master of Self

Thoughts on the Tragic Connecticut School Massacre

Thoughts on the Tragic Connecticut School Massacre

Miketz: Emotional Starvation

Miketz: Emotional Starvation

Civilian Casualties: The Ethical Dilemma

Civilian Casualties: The Ethical Dilemma

Can I Be Happy for You?

Can I Be Happy for You?

Vayera: Selfishness is Cruelty

Vayera: Selfishness is Cruelty

Trickledown Religion-omics

Trickledown Religion-omics

Sukkot: Topping Yom Kippur

Sukkot: Topping Yom Kippur

9th of Av: Numerical Significance

9th of Av: Numerical Significance

Mattot-Masei Lead Us Home

Mattot-Masei Lead Us Home

Naso: Judaism is Egalitarian

Naso: Judaism is Egalitarian

Shavuot: How to Celebrate Anniversaries

Shavuot: How to Celebrate Anniversaries

Why Doesn’t G-d Do Miracles Anymore? (Israel Reading)

Why Doesn’t G-d Do Miracles Anymore? (Israel Reading)

Tazria Metzora: Do We Really Have Free Choice?

Tazria Metzora: Do We Really Have Free Choice?

Ki Tisa: The Cruelty of Abuse

Ki Tisa: The Cruelty of Abuse

Discipline Your Child - With Love

Discipline Your Child - With Love

Escapism is not a Solution

Escapism is not a Solution

Yitro: Should Freedom Be Imposed?

Yitro: Should Freedom Be Imposed?

B'Shalach: Prayer is the Interface of Love

B'Shalach: Prayer is the Interface of Love

Mezuzah: Interfacing with G-d

Mezuzah: Interfacing with G-d

Rewrite Your Script

Rewrite Your Script

Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk

Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk

Vayera: When Weakness is an Obsession

Vayera: When Weakness is an Obsession

In the Clouds, On the Street

In the Clouds, On the Street

The Key is Education

The Key is Education

Ki Tavo: How to Make a Relationship Grow

Ki Tavo: How to Make a Relationship Grow

Giving With Your Whole Heart

Giving With Your Whole Heart

Eikev: Feeling the Crunch? Be Strong

Eikev: Feeling the Crunch? Be Strong

What I Learned from the US Debt Crisis

What I Learned from the US Debt Crisis

Dvarim: Whom Do You Love?

Dvarim: Whom Do You Love?

Lessons from Japan

Lessons from Japan

Brain Death

Brain Death

Purim: When Hebrews Became Jews

Purim: When Hebrews Became Jews

The Jewish Woman

The Jewish Woman

The Case for the Old Values

The Case for the Old Values

Chayei Sara: The Sacred Space

Chayei Sara: The Sacred Space

The Jewish Flu in Lech Lecha

The Jewish Flu in Lech Lecha

Parshat Re’eh: True Kindness

Parshat Re’eh: True Kindness

Ekev: The Art of Translation

Ekev: The Art of Translation

Balak: What the Mitzvah Reveals

Balak: What the Mitzvah Reveals

Lessons from a Market Crash

Lessons from a Market Crash

Emor-The Ironic Act of Love

Emor-The Ironic Act of Love

Priorities: Tazria-Metzora

Priorities: Tazria-Metzora

Shemini: G-d and the Holocaust

Shemini: G-d and the Holocaust

We Will Survive

We Will Survive

Shemot: The Innocent Evil

Shemot: The Innocent Evil

Vayechi: Leave No Word Unspoken

Vayechi: Leave No Word Unspoken

Lights of Joy and Inspiration

Lights of Joy and Inspiration

Vayishlach: Getting Involved

Vayishlach: Getting Involved

Vayetze: Grappling With Sin

Vayetze: Grappling With Sin

Vayera: Can You Feel My Pain?

Vayera: Can You Feel My Pain?

Lech Lecha: Save the Planet!

Lech Lecha: Save the Planet!

Simchat Torah: The Dancing Souls

Simchat Torah: The Dancing Souls

Sukkot: Displays of Jewish Pride

Sukkot: Displays of Jewish Pride

Shofar: Humility and Strength

Shofar: Humility and Strength

Ki Tavo: Doing It G-d's Way

Ki Tavo: Doing It G-d's Way

Shoftim: Torah or Democracy

Shoftim: Torah or Democracy

Re'eh: A Cup of Coffee

Re'eh: A Cup of Coffee