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Parshat Bechukotai: “What a Few Can Do”

Whenever we get to this parshah I always enjoy the bad math employed to show just how successful the Jews will be in defeating their...

Parshat Behar, "Missing the Point"

At the end of this parshah, the Jewish people are told to help their fellow Israelites who become poor. Then we are told right after that...

Parshat Kedoshim – “The Meaning of Holiness"

People don’t like to hear it much less think this way, but I tend to believe it is true that we should expect life not to be particularly...

Acharei Mot – “After Death, Congregants & Rabbis”

The parshah’s name this week couldn’t be more apt: after death. It refers to the deaths of Aaron’s sons the priest Nadav and Avihu, and...

Bedikat Chametz – Searching for Chametz

It is a traditional custom to make a symbolic search of the house on the night before Passover begins. At this point, the house should be...

Join Us For a Pesach Seder Led by Rabbi Aaron Benson

Come to North Shore Jewish Center for a traditional Seder experience. Enjoy insight, tradition and song with your your Seder meal. We...

Important Passover Information at NSJC

Please see below for important dates and information about 2019 Pesach 5780. 1st Seder, Friday, 4/19 – Community Seder at NSJC, 7:30pm...

2 for Seder: Pushing Back On Anti-Semitism with Love and Matzah!

Holding or attending a Seder? Invite two friends or acquaintances who have never attended a Seder to join and participate. Anti-semitism...

#MeToo with Rabbi Benson

Did Jezebel get a bad rap? Was Eve's intentions just misunderstood? According to Rabbi Benson, we might want to reconsider some of the...