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Month: April 2020

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Modest Expectations

  • by Steve Schwartz
  • Posted on April 30, 2020

Modest as opposed to great. It is hard not to think of the title of…

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  • Beth El Congregation

The Reality of Tazria-Metzorah

  • by Steve Schwartz
  • Posted on April 26, 2020

What follows is a text version of my sermon from Shabbat ‘virtual’ services on 4/25/20…

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  • Beth El Congregation

A Driven Leaf

  • by Steve Schwartz
  • Posted on April 14, 2020April 15, 2020

     The expression comes from the Torah, Leviticus 26:36.  The full phrase is ‘the…

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  • Beth El Congregation

Counting Days

  • by Steve Schwartz
  • Posted on April 13, 2020

Below is a text version of my sermon from second day Passover services – stay…

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  • Beth El Congregation

Elijah the Prophet and Hope

  • by Steve Schwartz
  • Posted on April 12, 2020

      We know that Passover eve is a night of questioning, and one…

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  • Beth El Congregation

Scraping Ashes

  • by Steve Schwartz
  • Posted on April 5, 2020

What follows is a text version of my sermon from Shabbat ‘virtual’ services on 4/4/20…

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Next Year in Jerusalem

  • by Steve Schwartz
  • Posted on April 2, 2020April 2, 2020

This clarion call that concludes the Passover seder is not meant to be understood literally.…

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