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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Oct 29, 2015
- 3 min
The Field
I use many metaphors in teaching spiritual work. One that works well with many people is the image of the temple, the field and the...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Oct 22, 2015
- 4 min
Training the Emotions
Here is the problem with empathy, for example: when you are truly being empathetic, you have to give up a part of yourself, even if only...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Oct 8, 2015
- 4 min
Thoughts and Facts on Gun Violence
As Jews and as Americans, we are deeply distressed by the violence we are witnessing. In Israel, Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Oct 2, 2015
- 3 min
Holy Words
I gave a bit of a facetious title to one of the themes of my several talks on Yom Kippur, “Stop hoping, stop praying, stop thinking.” I...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Sep 25, 2015
- 4 min
Ethical Humility
I have a strong policy of not taking political stands as a rabbi. First, from the moral value of humility - I might be wrong. I have...
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley
- Aug 27, 2015
- 3 min
Grace & Law
Many people who are not Jewish attend my weekly Wednesday 12:30 PM seminars, my Monday nights at the Silverlake Jewish Community Center,...
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