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Rabbinic Reflection: Rabbi Samuel Kaye

Sharing the light this Chanukah The first Toronto snow is falling and a few things are coming to my mind. First are the memories I have of the happy snowy winters I’ve had here in Toronto while visiting my in-laws. We would pack up our…
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From our Shinshinit: Ella Payorski

Hi, Holy Blossom community! I hope all of you are all doing well and that you had a great week so far! This past Shabbat I got to share my first D’var Israel with you at the main service. It was a really special and exciting moment for…
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From the Holy Blossom Temple Archives

From the HBT Archives: Rabbi Isserman and Immigration Holy Blossom Temple Archives Committee Ferdinand Isserman was our rabbi from 1925 to 1929. The historical exhibition on immigration, currently on the second floor of our atrium in…

The Israel Dialogues: Fall 2022 Season!

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Rabbinic Reflection: Rabbi Eliza McCarroll

There is a beautiful saying in our Talmud that “the world only exists due to the breath of schoolchildren” (Shabbat 119b). This "breath” is interpreted to mean the recitation and study of Torah because no one brings as much innocence…
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Religion and Democracy in Israel

By: Karen Kollins In his book, A Heart of Many Rooms, leading Jewish thinker and philosopher Rabbi David Hartman, shares how he came to understand his role as a Rabbi as one who helped Jews confront tradition through their own questions,…

The Joan Beckow Legacy Project

The Joan Beckow Legacy Project Joan Beckow grew up in music in an era when female composers/instrumentalists weren’t really given a platform, Beckow’s undeniable ability to convey complex emotion in melody, and her mastery of harmony, has…

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