LSS Blog

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. 

When short on time, one  do as follows (if time permits, see the detailed instructions below):

Remove a little more than 1% of each kind of food and say:

“I hereby separate Terumas and Ma’asros and the redemption...Read more...

Shabbat Shalom

Let’s talk about miracles. Chanukah is coming, one of our most beloved holidays. Yet there's a question I have on Chanukah, something on my mind really since I came back from Israel. Chanukah is a story of an unprecedented miracle, or miracles, the nes of the oil in the temple, the military victory, the rabim biyad me’atim – the many are defeated by the few – because Hashem was with them, and despite their...Read more...

I want to wish the entire community a ketivah vechatimah tova. My heart felt thanks go to the members and staff of the shul who work so incredibly hard so that we have a place where we can daven and live such vibrant Jewish lives. May all who work ltzarchei Tzibur be blessed by Hashem with every imaginable blessing...Read more...

The Cherubim and the Community - Talking to each other or talking past each other?

Rabbi Shaul Robinson, Lincoln Square Synagogue, Shabbat Parashat Terumah 5774

The recent, and much discussed decision by the principal at SAR high school in Riverdale to allow girls to wear tefillin under certain circumstances has provoked a deep debate in the community that shows no signs of abating. This debate, both the content and its...Read more...

It’s really great to be back in shul. Last week I was in Israel -  every trip to Israel is incredibly impactful, but this one was uniquely so, and in an unexpected way.

As a way of setting the scene for the parasha, let me say a few words about my trip. I spent Shabbat in...Read more...