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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Apr 7, 2017
- 3 min
Trying to Be Free
Thoughts on the Shabbat Before Passover, 2017 "Free from what?" I ask myself, in my yearly meditation on freedom. Like a bird on the wire...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Mar 17, 2017
- 3 min
Architects
Reflections on the Weekly Torah Portion - Ki Tisa What qualities does it take to render an idea, whose source is from a mysterious realm,...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Mar 10, 2017
- 3 min
Numb & Joy
Reflections on Purim Back when I was in rabbinical school, a classmate related the following. She had a student pulpit a few hours outsid...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Feb 17, 2017
- 3 min
Revelations
Reflections on the Weekly Torah Portion - Yitro (adapted from Shavu'ot message 2016) In honor of this week's Torah portion, which include...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Jan 6, 2017
- 4 min
We, Who Are on the Road
Seeking the Good - Weekly Thought I knew very young that the Bible was not the word of God. Growing up in the home of Marxists who became...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Dec 30, 2016
- 4 min
Chanukah and Tony Robbins
At the urging of a couple of good friends, I got over myself and watched the Netflix documentary on Tony Robbins called "I Am Not Your Gu...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Dec 2, 2016
- 3 min
The Curtain and the Veil
Reflections on the Weekly Torah Portion - Toldot Rebecca goes to inquire of God when she does not know what is happening inside of her. T...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Nov 25, 2016
- 4 min
Life Torn and Sewn Together
Reflections on the Weekly Torah Portion - Chayei Sara Human pain is the backdrop of the book of Genesis, pain that produces visions and u...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Nov 12, 2016
- 4 min
Change and Growth
I have gained a much deeper understanding of human pain and human growth due to my work leading a weekly spirituality group at Recover In...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Feb 2, 2016
- 3 min
Small Claims Court
Thoughts on Torah portion Yitro The Israelites are out of Egypt, and have arrived at Mt. Sinai, awaiting the Revelation. The need for jus...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Jan 6, 2016
- 4 min
Game Changer In Israel
My wife Meirav’s family and I were sitting in a restaurant in the Tel Aviv area celebrating her father’s 90th birthday when a concerned q...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Dec 24, 2015
- 4 min
The Struggle for the Blessing
Reflections on the Weekly Torah Portion - Vayechi When I was a graduate student at USC, I frequented a supermarket with a deli inside to ...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Dec 11, 2015
- 3 min
The Oil and The Lamp
Reflections on the Weekly Torah Portion - Miketz One of the most beautiful aspects of the Jewish religion is the freedom for interpretati...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Dec 4, 2015
- 4 min
Thoughts and Prayers
We are all rocked again by a mass shooting. Sadly, for me, the blood had not yet been wiped off the floor and virtually nothing was known...
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