THOUGHTS ON THE PARASHAH Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Parshat Lech Lecha – פרשת לך לך October 28, 2017 – ז מרחשון תשע”ח   This essay is sponsored by Sisterhood in honor of the births of Boaz Lev Manaster and Rebecca Hellen Leiderman; and by Eugeny Rubashevsky & Tatyana Tchaikovskaya...

  Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Rosh Hashanah 5778   This essay is sponsored by Marlene & Armand Lerner.   Shofar for the Masses   The Scriptural commandment to sound the shofar on Rosh Hashanah ideally is fulfilled in the context of the public prayer service.  The Mishnah...

THOUGHTS ON THE PARASHAH Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Parshat Ki Tavo – פרשת כי תבוא September 9, 2017 – י”ח אלול תשע”ז   This essay is dedicated in memory of Dr. Polly Etkind Hochberg Z”L.   God in Heaven   Scripture requires the Israelite farmer to make a tithe...