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Rabbi Noah Farkas’ Yom Kippur sermon: Clap Along if You Feel That Holiness is the Truth
High Holy Days: Working for happiness
Did you know that many people actually find free time more difficult to enjoy than work? Although many people also find their work stressful, boring or meaningless, success doesn’t make people happy either.
When Birthday Party Blowouts Blowup
Fortunately, it\’s perfectly possible to plan a kid-friendly birthday bash without compromising our values, sanity and pocketbook. All it takes is a little panning for gold.
End of Sanity
Gush is one of the sanest places in Israel I had ever visited. The people are healthy and happy. They love life and they love Israel.
And They Lived Happily Ever Apart
Being together day after day for 14 years sadly lost its luster.
If You Wanna Be Happy
During these holidays, Jews are commanded to be joyful.
Los Angeles 5758
Your rabbi is a banana. Your cantor thinks she\’sJohn Lennon. And the entire congregation is singing Beatlestunes.
A nightmare? A parallel universe?
No, it\’s just Purim at Sha\’arei Am: The SantaMonica Synagogue, and Rabbi Jeff Marx\’s megillah reading is just oneof many bizarre scenes that will play out as rabbi and congregantsrid themselves of cumbersome inhibitions for one silly day.