by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Apr 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
1. Genuinely love your congregation with all of your heart and soul, like a father loves his children. Don’t stand aloof at the sidelines and don’t be afraid to experience or show raw emotion. Celebrate with your congregants in...
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Dec 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
A brief shiur on the Rambam’s introduction to Hanukkah that I delivered at UMJCA’s Bet Midrash in Great Neck, NY.
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Oct 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m too distraught at the moment to fully formulate my thoughts…So I will surely have more to say about this tragic event later. In the meantime, let me remark that Rav Ovadiah Z”L was without a doubt the greatest Sephardic scholar of (at least)...
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Sep 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
This is a piece I wrote that was published in the Washington Jewish Week a couple of years ago. Although the High Holiday season has passed, I was reminded of the article and present it here: The liturgy of the High Holidays abounds in sublime and majestic poetry....
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