Instructions For Taking Terumah and Ma'aser

By:Rabbi Shaul Robinson

March 18, 2010

Periodically fruits and vegetables come in from Israel. Before one is able to eat any of these fruit, Terumah and Ma’aser must be taken. 

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Birkhat HaChama and Erev Pesach Checklist

By:Rabbi Shaul Robinson

April 07, 2009

Dear Friend

We are on the eve of what is undoubtedly the busiest day of the year – Erev Pesach. Please find below the list of all the relevant times for services, bedikat cametz etc. Please remember to make an eruv tavshilin before yom tov. There will be a fire lit outside the shul in the plaza for the burning of chametz, from after the first minyan until 11.25am.

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Birkat HaChamah 2009

By:Rabbi Mark Fishman

April 03, 2009

Click to download/open a special learning, featuring insights on, and a translation of Birkat Hachama.

Don't miss this once in 28-years experience 

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Navigating the Financial Crisis

By:Rabbi Robinson

March 23, 2009

This is a reminder to the entire community to attend the extremely important meeting in the Shul this evening, Monday March 23rd. The event is called ‘Navigating the Financial Crisis’ and begins at 7pm. The first part of the evening will be a Community Wide Town Hall Meeting to examine ways in which we as a community can help each other in these difficult times. Following that there will be sessions on Succeeding in Employment, Personal Finance and Job Networking.

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SUPPORT ISRAEL!!! - RALLY AND OTHER INFORMATION

By:Rabbi Robinson

January 04, 2009

I am writing to urgently inform you of a rally being held in support of Israel, and other information and links that I hope you will find useful at this present time. The Rally is being held on Tuesday, January 6th (Fast day of the 10th of Tevet) at 12:30 pm, outside the Israeli Consulate, 42nd Street and Second Avenue. We have a duty to publically stand by Israel and express our support for her right to defend herself. This is especially important in the light of the terrible scenes of extreme demonstrations by Hamas supporters, and because of the one sided and anti-Israel reporting of the fighting in the media. I urge you to make very possible effort to attend this rally.

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Money & Values

By:Rabbi Shaul Robinson

December 20, 2008

I want to speak about the most terrible economic times that we as a country, a global economy and in particular as a Jewish community are suffering…

But before I do it I want to explore together one of the most powerful narrative sin the book of bereishit, the story of Yehudah and Tamar.

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Kristallnacht - Seudah Shlishit Speaker

By:Rabbi Shaul Robinson

November 08, 2008

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Noach and Esther Bat Mitzvah Dvar Torah

By:Rabbi Robinson

November 01, 2008

Shabbat shalom and I want to thank all of you for all of the very good wishes that we have received from the whole community on the occasion of our very happy simcha, Esther’s bat mitzvah this shabbat. I’d like to say a few personal words in a moment, but I wanted to ask a question on the parsha first…

Why didn’t Noah try to save the world? If Noah either davened to Hashem to prevent the flood, or tried to reach out to any individual, and population to get them to do teshuvah, the Torah doesn’t tell us?
 

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Yizkor and Shmini Atzeret

By:Rabbi Robinson

October 21, 2008

The last parsha of the Torah – Vezot Habracha is the one which is the least spoken about. It seems to me however that it is especially relevant to those of us who are about to say Yizkor this Shminei Atzeret. There are a number of specific lessons I would like to touch on:

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A brief survey of how to treat Israeli Etrogim after Succot this year :Based on an article by Rabbi Michoel Zylberman of the Beth Din of America.

By:Rabbi Robinson

October 20, 2008

As this past year was a Shmita year in Israel, virtually all of the Etrogim that were exported from Israel for this Succot have “Kedushat Shviit” – Sanctity because of the Shmitta year. Many of us who live outside of Israel are unfamiliar with these laws, and may be confused as to the proper treatment of these Etrogim after the conclusion of Succot. In this brief survey we will attempt to present the possible options of what to do with these Etrogim.

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