by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Oct 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
There is a widely accepted tradition that the judgment determined on Yom Kippur is finalized, once and for all, on Hoshanna Rabba, the last day of the Festival of Sukkot. The liturgy and melodies of Hoshana Rabba reflect this idea by imitating or borrowing from those...
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Aug 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
This is the audio of the talk I gave last night. Essentially, it is a discussion of the stories of Sarah and Hanna (the Torah and Haftara readings for Rosh Hashana), the common themes that emerge from those narratives and their relevance to the High Holidays and our...
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Aug 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Please follow the new series of Daf Yomi (daily Talmud) lectures at Magen David Sephardic Congregation by visiting our official blog: Doing The Daf. We are one of the only Sephardic synagogues in the world to maintain a Daf Yomi shiur and publish it...
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Jul 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
In last week’s Washington Jewish Week, two letters were printed in response to my letter “Eliminate Denominations”. Feel free to look at them here. I responded to the first of them in great detailhere. In this post, I reproduce the text of...
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Jul 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
In last week’s Washington Jewish Week, two letters were printed in response to my letter “Eliminate Denominations”. Feel free to look at them here. I will reproduce the text of the objections here as well, followed by my...
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