Category Archives: memories

Experiment: Facebook is off of my phone

Posted on November 27, 2017 by rabbisteinman

I have just returned from a week in Europe, Berlin and Prague to be precise. And while there are many wonderful things that I observed, one thing I noticed is how much less Europeans seem to be staring at their … Continue reading →

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Shabbat Chol haMoed Passover Sermon

Posted on April 15, 2017 by rabbisteinman

Here is the sermon I delivered at Temple Beth Hillel. Shabbat Shalom, Moadim l’simcha. I hope that this Passover week has been liberating and delicious. While these are my wishes and hopes for all of us this special week, unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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Count Your Marbles: Honor Jewish Time

Posted on September 26, 2014 by rabbisteinman

This is the sermon I delivered on Erev Rosh Hashanah 5775 at Temple Beth Hillel.

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Happy birthday, Mom

Posted on August 24, 2014 by rabbisteinman

Today would have been MY MOM’s 70th birthday. I am so grateful that MY SISTER and I had a professional photographer take these photos at her 65th birthday celebration. We knew they woudl be a treasure, we could never have … Continue reading →

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Social media and earthquakes

Posted on March 17, 2014 by rabbisteinman

Carole King said it best when she sang, “I feel the earth move under my feet,” except I was asleep. Yes there was an earthquake in the Los Angeles area. Thank God, everyone is safe and there is no damage … Continue reading →

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Snow Day

Posted on January 6, 2014 by rabbisteinman

The news that the governor of Minnesota closed much of the state due to dangerous cold brought me back, back to the mid-nineties. Then, dear reader, I was a high school student and school was cancelled several times in what … Continue reading →

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Dreams do come true

Posted on May 30, 2013 by rabbisteinman

Fleetwood Mac is my favorite band. I always wanted to hear them in concert. Tuesday night I got to! MY DAD loves to repeat the following father/daughter interaction (I think I was a senior in high school): Me: Dad. I … Continue reading →

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Remember

Posted on April 8, 2013 by rabbisteinman

Today is Yom HaShoah, the day that the world remembers the Holocaust. Below is one of the most powerful images I have ever seen because it describes in a single image what was taken away by the destructive powers of … Continue reading →

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A radical change

Posted on February 26, 2013 by rabbisteinman

A few weeks ago I wrote about having trouble reading. One of my awesome classmates and colleagues wisely suggested I get my eyes checked. Since I couldn’t exactly remember the last time I had my eyes checked this seemed like … Continue reading →

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What did you learn in Civics?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by rabbisteinman

Remember high school? While I try to forget it as much as possible, there are some things that I can’t forget. Unfortunately, it seems one of the easily forgotten subjects was Civics or Government. I don’t even remember what the … Continue reading →

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