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Jun 13, 20223 min read
Getting To Know The Generalist
“If you try to be everything to everybody, you wind up being nothing to nobody.” I hate this expression. It might be because I so badly...
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rabbiaustinzoot
May 29, 20221 min read
As American As Baseball
The following is a sermon delivered at the Valley Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 27th, 2022.
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Apr 12, 20220 min read
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Apr 10, 20227 min read
Treating the Person, Not the Disease
This blog post is the byproduct of a conversation with Rabbi Michael Weiss. Special thanks to him for his wisdom, insight, and...
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Feb 28, 20220 min read
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rabbiaustinzoot
Feb 18, 20228 min read
Ki Tisa - The Worst Days Can Bring the Best Understanding
When I was a kid, my family used to read the children’s book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Needless to...
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Feb 15, 20220 min read
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Feb 11, 20225 min read
Tetzaveh - An Old Symbol in a New Context
One of the biggest dangers of reading our Torah is our inability to put ourselves into the context of the section with which we are...
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rabbiaustinzoot
Feb 4, 20226 min read
T'rumah - Making Space for God
“I begin with a prayer of gratitude for all that is holy in my life. God needs no words, no English or Hebrew, no semantics and no...
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Feb 1, 20220 min read
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rabbiaustinzoot
Jan 21, 20227 min read
Yitro - Out of Order to Preserve Order
If you were to try to create a ranking of the best Torah portions, it is likely that all Jews would have a slightly different list. (The...
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