Psychedelics or Zohar?
March 13, 2025
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Psychedelics have informed my spiritual journey way back when. In the 90s, way before my Rabbinic ordination, I had the unusual privilege of joining my Rabbi anRABBI MODEK BLOG
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Psychedelics have informed my spiritual journey way back when. In the 90s, way before my Rabbinic ordination, I had the unusual privilege of joining my Rabbi anHandling Tragedy During the Month of Adar
March 2, 2025
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In Tractate Ta’anit, it is stated: “Just as during the month of Av we decrease in joy, so too, during the month of Adar we increase in joy.” Indeed,… Read the rest
Hope Against All Odds, Why read the Binding of Isaac story on Rosh Hashana?
February 19, 2025
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Sermon, Rosh HaShana 2nd Day 5784
Bet Israel Masorti Synagogue, Natanya Israel
Rabbi Reuben Modek וַיְהִ֗י אַחַר֙ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְהָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים נִסָּ֖ה אֶת… Read the rest
Hanukkah, Hope and the Broadcast of Tragedy
February 18, 2025
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In the Talmud (Bavli Shabbat) we read that the reason for lighting Hanukkah candles is Pirsumah D’Nisa, פרסומא דניסה, “advertising the miracle” (of Hanukkah). W… Read the rest
Tzror Hakhayyim, a Destination Beyond Life, Space and Time
February 18, 2025
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As a secular Israeli child, my training in prayer was none. I had no reason to step into a synagogue and less so to pray. Loyal to the political and ideological… Read the rest