Beth El of Manhattan, Two-Testament Synagogue
By Rabbi Bruce L. Cohen
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Rabbi Bruce L. Cohen’s sermons at Congregation Beth El of Manhattan – an unaffiliated Conservative Synagogue of "Two-Testament" Judaism in the Upper East Side of New York City – where Jewish people and “People of Calling” (not born Jewish), and Interfaith couples come together in Manhattan since 1993 to observe, connect, and celebrate. For more information, please visit us online at www.bethelnyc.org or an Facebook.
| Episode | Date |
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Hearing
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May 30, 2026 |
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Two Leaders Sharing (Abbreviated Service)
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May 16, 2026 |
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God *Does* In The Real World
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May 09, 2026 |
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Not For Nothing (Schrödinger's Futility) :-)
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May 02, 2026 |
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Not My Toy Or Trophy
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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Beyond The Emoji Exodus
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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The Flying "Nuun"
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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Change Is Coming
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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Commanded To Command
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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The Power Of Two ... Or More
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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According To The Pattern ...
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Love & Love ... And Love
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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God Ideas vs. Good Ideas
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Saved To The Uttermost (on "Shabbat Shirah")
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Becoming A Marvel
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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The Name Above Every Name
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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And They All Lived Happily Ever After
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Mercy Is The Air We Breathe
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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Dysfunction Junction
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Going On While Bereaved
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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HaBai'yitah (Home)
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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The Honey AND (Not OR) The Stinger
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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We Can't Deliver Perfection To God Or Each Other
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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The Mercy Of Return (with Special Musical Treat At End)
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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Newness From Here And Now
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Rise And Shine. Or ...
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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Othering: Am I My Brother's Keeper? - Part 2
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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The Sure Mercies Of David
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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Haftarat "Nachamu" Reading
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Aug 09, 2025 |
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Right For Me, Right For Us - Part 2
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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Boundary-Making (with "Messiah Morsel" After Sermon)
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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God Remembers Devotion
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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Daily Bread
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Jul 05, 2025 |
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The Song of "It Can't Be Done."
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Jun 21, 2025 |
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The Shining (God's Name Placed Upon Us)
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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A Promise, Not A Command
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May 10, 2025 |
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A Place For Us
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May 03, 2025 |
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Obedience
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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The Fleas Come With The Dog
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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Heartbreak
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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"Hard Hearts, Soft Hearts"
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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Hineini Again
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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The Interrupted Conversation - Pilot: "I was there when it happened."
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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Relationship Rupture and Repair
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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Hanukkah - Messiah As The Ultimate Shamash
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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"Hated"
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Overflowing
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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God Invites - Will We Accept?
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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On The Edge
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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"Lech Lecha" - Go To Your Very Self
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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Yesh Lanu Torah (We Have A Teaching)
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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We CAN Decide (A Non-Partisan Pre-Election Message)
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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The Indispensable Yeshua (Rescue)
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Some Kind Of Game
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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The Erasure Of Shame
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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Somm Sechel (Put Sense)
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Quixotic
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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What You Have HERE Comes From BACK THERE
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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Sophomore (Wise & Foolish)
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Yashar - Right In God's Sight
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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To See or Not To See
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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Are We Hearing When God Calls?
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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The Greatest Comfort Of All
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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Life DURING Strife
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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Now Is All We Have
|
Aug 03, 2024 |
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A Soothing Aroma To The Lord
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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Dewdrops & Lions
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Facing A Magnified Challenge
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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Research Me
|
Jul 06, 2024 |
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High Treason ... In A Good Way! :-)
|
Jun 29, 2024 |
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When God Declares His Intentions (And Shows Up)
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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Accepting Our Assignment
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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When The Desert Is Moving Toward You
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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No Big Prayers Answered, Only Little Ones
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Counting - And Counting On
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May 25, 2024 |
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The Always Candle
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May 18, 2024 |
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With God And The 'Right' People
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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A Dermatologist On Leprosy - and More
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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"The Kindness and Severity of God"
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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Be Ready (Guest Speaker Scott Poticha)
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Apr 06, 2024 |
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Purim: The Beauty and Necessity Of Heroism
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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No Promise Is Needed
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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"We Are Not 'Orphans'"
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Sound Bites vs Sound Doctrine
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Following God's Pattern
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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All "Politics" Is Local
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Right And Wrong "Fear Of God"
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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Follower, Fighter, or Fool?
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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They Knew
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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This Too Shall Pass
|
Jan 13, 2024 |
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A Map of Sincerity and Its Opposite
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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The Prayer In Every Human Heart
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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Covenant Creates Meaning By Creating Community
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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The Word Creates Hope
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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Show Them Yeshua - A "Sermon-PLUS"
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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It Was Not Supposed To Be ThIs Way
|
Dec 02, 2023 |
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Esau, The Good Ol' Boy
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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Balancing Engagement With Recovery
|
Nov 11, 2023 |
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If Not For God, We Would Have Lost
|
Nov 04, 2023 |
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Beauty And The Beast
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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In The Beginning - The Hamas Pogrom
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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The Universe Is A Sukkah
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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Rosh Hashanah 2023 A New Wave Of Galileos
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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Year 30 Sermon 1 "The Ballad Of Ethel Mertz"
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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Taming The Bandit In All Of Us
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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Righting Our Boats
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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The Way Out Of Fear
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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Shown
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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The Staff And The Scepter
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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Redeeming (Not Wasting) Your Time
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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Sermon in Cape Town, South Africa 7 July 2023
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Accessing Messiah's Joy
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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Useful Religion
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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Moses And God Lost "All The 'Best' People"
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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Two Affirmers vs. Ten Nullifiers
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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The Chair and The Coffee Can
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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"'Perishing' Was Not The Last Word"
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May 27, 2023 |
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What Comes Naturally - NOT!
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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Messiah's Memorial in Passover
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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Everyone's Favorite Book (of the Torah) Part 2
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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Gathered
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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"'The' Focus"
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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Oui, Chef! (Yes, Boss!)
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Profiting From Experience
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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Messiah's Rx
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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With A Little Help From My Friends
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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Are We Cleansed, Or Aren't We?
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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I'm Saving You Anyway
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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When God Comes Calling
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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I Want Whatever You're Smoking
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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A Promise Is A Promise
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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Rightly Using A New Season
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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Worthy of Worship
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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The Puzzle Of God's "Goodness"
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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Hard To Ignore ... But Not Impossible
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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UnDumbing The Faith
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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Bark And Water
|
Sep 17, 2022 |
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Why God Teaches Humans (Audio Only)
|
Sep 10, 2022 |
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Shoftim - Real Leaders For A Real Time
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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Time For Another Adventure (CBE 29th Anniversary)
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Aug 27, 2022 |
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God's Food - The Narrow Path
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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Comfort - And Now Something Completely Different!
|
Aug 13, 2022 |
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Why God Erased His Own Temple
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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The Journey Continues
|
Jul 30, 2022 |
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1992 Class On Messiah In The Dead Sea Scrolls
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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Bridge-Burners and Sky-Lighters
|
Jul 16, 2022 |
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Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
|
Jul 09, 2022 |
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Rising Above Challenges Not Drowning In Them
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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Singing While Working - The "Anti-Korakh"
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Jun 25, 2022 |
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NEW SERMONS AGAIN ! :-) "Wisdom From Experience"
|
Jun 11, 2022 |
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Erev Pesach, So No Shabbat Svc Tonight
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Special Announcement
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Advice vs. Orders
|
Jan 21, 2022 |
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Through The Looking Glass
|
Jan 07, 2022 |
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Things You Can't Un-See
|
Dec 24, 2021 |
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The Essence of Healthy Prayer
|
Dec 10, 2021 |
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A Person Has Arrived Seeking Good For Israel
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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God Fanning Fires
|
Nov 26, 2021 |
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Today Jumps Off The Page
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Life’s Two Fake-Outs
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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The Reality Of Duality (Spoken "in" South Africa)
|
Nov 05, 2021 |
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What Brings You Joy?
|
Oct 29, 2021 |
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Two Comforts: Integrity & Ubiquity
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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To All Our Jewish People Everywhere
|
Oct 15, 2021 |
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Enough Is Enough
|
Oct 08, 2021 |
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Genesis - The "Day" Objection
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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The Joy Of Having A Torah Pt. 2
|
Sep 24, 2021 |
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Sukkot - We Are About What We DO, Not What We HAVE!
|
Sep 20, 2021 |
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Nine Eleven: We Were Right Here
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Rosh Hashanah 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Until
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Appetite: How Laws Rescue Us From Self-Delusion
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Bonus Teaching: Israel Is More Than A Destination Resort For Bible People
|
Aug 11, 2021 |
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There Is No Other You
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Shabbat Hazon - The Sabbath Of "Vision" (Clarity)
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Passion As An Indicator (with Bonus "A Tale Of Two Spellings")
|
Jul 02, 2021 |
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Analyze This - Taking A "No" From God
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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The Prayer In Every Heart
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Why We Rewrite History
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Which Truth Will Set You Free? (South Africa Sermon 3 in 2021)
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Celebrating Asian Jewishness
|
May 28, 2021 |
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On The Page And In Your Ear
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May 21, 2021 |
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Better Days Are Not A Pipe-Dream
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May 14, 2021 |
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Eema ("Mom")
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May 07, 2021 |
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Sound Doctrine & Sane Faith
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Seeking So We Find
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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The Rational Making Room For The Impossible
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Recovering Joy (Yom HaShoah Sermon)
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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"Is Truth Also Love?" (The "Afikomen" Dilemma)
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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"'The Great Shabbat' Is Also About Return"
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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"When Life Is Just Too Gross"
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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"People Who Move and Work"
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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"Having A 'God'Tan'"
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Sermon In Cape Town, South Africa - after 21 Years Away
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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“Living The V’Ahavtah"
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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“Mentoring: How Not To Make Mistakes"
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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“How To Study The Bible – Part 2"
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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“How To Study The Bible - Part 1"
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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“Will Or Won’t Listen"
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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“The Truth-Hungry Heart”
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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“What Got You HERE Won’t Get You THERE"
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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“The Christ In Christmas"
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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“Two Responses To Truth"
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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“Hallel For What On Hanukkah?"
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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“Attaboy Expectations"
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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“The Song Of The Regiment"
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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11/20/2020 – “Turning The Page Of History"
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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11/13/2020 – “God's Stew of Order and Chaos"
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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11/6/2020 – “Pure Motives ARE Possible"
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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10/30/2020 – “Get Yourself Moving"
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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10/23/2020 – “How And Why God Tests People"
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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10/16/2020 – "Religious Firsts May Not Be Real Firsts"
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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10/11/2020 – “The Torah Sent For Us"
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Oct 11, 2020 |
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10/09/2020 – “A Person And A People"
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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10/3/2020 – Sukkot
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Oct 03, 2020 |
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9/28/2020 – Yom Kippur morning
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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9/27/2020 – Yom Kippur evening
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Sep 27, 2020 |
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9/25/2020 – Shabbat Shuva
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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9/18/2020 – Rosh Hashana 5781 – “Denting The Dark"
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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9/11/2020 – “Getting God Woke"
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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9/4/2020 – “Balancing Grace"
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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8/28/2020 – "God’s Kindness"
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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8/21/2020 – "Noticing Details"
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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8/14/2020 – The Clarity Of Fun And The Problem Of Pain
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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8/7/2020 – “Self-Loathing"
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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8/7/2020 – "Self-Loathing"
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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7/31/2020 – “The Art Of The Long View"
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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7/24/2020 – "Prying Your Heart Loose From The World"
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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7/17/2020 – “Mask Wearing"
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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7/10/2020 – Remember Love?
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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7/3/2020 – "The Passed Over Messiah" (repost)
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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7/3/2020 – "The Passed Over Messiah"
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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6/26/2020 – These Values
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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6/19/2020 – “God In The Fire"
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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6/12/2020 – "Conquering Self-Pity"
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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6/12/2020 – "Conquering Self-Pity Shelakh"
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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6/5/2020 – “Saving Truth”
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Jun 06, 2020 |
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5/29/2020 – “OOF” (audio fixed) – Shavuot
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May 30, 2020 |
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5/22/2020 – “Yom Yerushalayim”
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May 23, 2020 |
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5/15/2020 – “The Joy Of My Salvation”
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May 16, 2020 |
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5/8/2020 – “Unrecognized Habits”
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May 09, 2020 |
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5/1/2020 – “Positive Stillness”
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May 02, 2020 |
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4/24/2020 – “The Long View”
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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4/17/2020 – “One God And Tolerance”
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Apr 18, 2020 |
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4/10/2020 – “Understanding What Is Truly Possible”
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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4/3/2020 – “Shabbat HaGadol”
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Apr 04, 2020 |
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3/27/2020 – “God’s Economy”
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Mar 28, 2020 |
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3/20/2020 – “Barnabas”
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Mar 21, 2020 |
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3/13/2020 – “A New Normal”
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Mar 14, 2020 |
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3/6/2020 – “The Unfearing Life”
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Mar 07, 2020 |
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2/21/2020 – “Defeating Despair By Learning From Experience”
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Feb 22, 2020 |
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2/14/2020 – “Love Of The Truth”
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Feb 15, 2020 |
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2/7/2020 – “Truth Versus Benefits”
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Feb 08, 2020 |
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1/31/2020 – “Change Of Plans”
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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1/24/2020 – “Following God Or Using Him”
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Jan 25, 2020 |
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1/10/2020 – “How Destinies Are Made”
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Jan 11, 2020 |
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1/7/2020 – “Overcoming Training”
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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1/3/2020 – “Sheep Life In Wolf Town”
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Jan 04, 2020 |
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12/27/2019 – Hanukkah – “A Memorial Doughnut”
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Dec 28, 2019 |
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12/20/2019 – “Amadeus”
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Dec 21, 2019 |
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12/13/2019 – “Glory In The Mess”
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Dec 14, 2019 |
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12/6/2019 – “House of God”
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Dec 07, 2019 |
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11/27/2019 |”TNT” – Torah and Tefillah
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Nov 28, 2019 |
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11/22/2019 – “Living With Plan B”
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Nov 23, 2019 |
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11/15/2019 – “Is Anything Too Hard For The Lord?”
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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11/9/2019 – “Git”
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Nov 09, 2019 |
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11/1/2019 – REDUB “A New True Beginning Part 2
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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11/1/2019 – “A True New Beginning – Part 2”
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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10/25/2019 – “A New True Beginning”
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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Simchat Torah 2019 – “Joy Of One Torah”
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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10/18/2019 – “Rejoice For Seven Days”
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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10/11/2019 – “Change”
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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Yom Kippur – “Confidence In Mercy”
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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Kol Nidre Yom Kippur – “Atonement Goes Boink”
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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Your Sputnik Moment
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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10/4/2019 – Your Sputnik Moment
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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Rosh HaShanah 2019 – “Let’s Get This Party Started”
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Rosh HaShanah 2019 – “Let’s Get This Party Started”
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Sep 29, 2019 |
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9/20/2019 – “Selichot, The Missing Piece”
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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9/20/2019 – “Selichot, The Missing Piece”
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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9/13/2019 – “Evading Is Not Erasing”
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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9/6/2019 – “Driven To Speak”
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Sep 07, 2019 |
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9/6/2019 – “Driven To Speak”
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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8/23/2019 – “Justice And Mercy”
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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8/23/2019 – “Justice And Mercy”
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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8/16/2019 – “People OFF The Book”
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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8/9/2019 – Tish’a B’Av
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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8/2/2019 – “Golda On Broadway”
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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7/26/2019 – “Useful Righteousness”
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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7/19/2019 – “Savor The Awesome”
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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7/12/2009 – “Rewriting History”
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Jul 13, 2019 |
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HaBayitah (Home) Part 2
|
Jan 01, 1970 |
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Do-Be-Do-Be-Do 🎶
|
Jan 01, 1970 |
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Theology Affects Translations
|
Jan 01, 1970 |
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Sermon On Synagogue's 28th Anniversary
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Jan 01, 1970 |