Jewish Religion

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Rabbis are not supposed to do long term counseling. My teachers at the Seminary emphasized that rabbis are not trained to be long term counselors. If we cannot help a congregant after a few sessions, we are supposed to refer them to a professional. Most of the short

One step can split your “sea”! By Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO — After witnessing unimaginable events and then being personally forced out of Egypt by Pharaoh and the rest of the Egyptians, the Jewish people are now standing on the shore of the sea. Burned into their memories are dramatic and earth-shattering images of

It’s Good Enough, Until It’s Not By Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO –The Egyptians were given ample opportunities to free the Jewish people. They seemed to understand that keeping the Jews as slaves was ethically wrong but their tremendous power and lust for wealth and luxury kept them from doing what was appropriate. Relinquishing the

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — I am currently team teaching the Ethics class of the Melton Jewish education program that Tifereth Israel Synagogue is sharing with Temple Emanu-El. Last week’s session was about lashon hara, slander, gossip, and tale bearing. Some Jewish authorities hold that you can’t say anything about anyone even if the information