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Rabbi Jared H. Saks Rosh Hashanah 5779, September 10, 2018 – 1 Tishrei 5779 “People called her stupid. Her brothers, the women in the market

Rabbi Jared H. Saks Erev Rosh Hashanah 5779, September 9, 2018 – 1 Tishrei 5779 I’m going to confess something to you this evening. I

Dear Friends, We are excited to share with you that Bet Ha’am’s Board of Trustees has approved the Tikkun Olam Council’s recommendation that we establish

Rabbi Jared H. Saks For the Dreamers – Shabbat Vayera. November 3, 2017 – 15 Cheshvan 5778 Benita Veliz came to the U.S. from Mexico

It its series “Rabbi Roundtable”, The Forward recently asked twenty-two rabbis representing the full scope of Jewish life, “Is intermarriage a problem? Or an opportunity?”

Rabbi Jared H. Saks Yom Kippur 5778. September 30, 2017 – 10 Tishrei 5778. Relationships are hard. They take a lot of work. I would

Rabbi Jared H. Saks Kol Nidre 5778. September 29, 2017 – 10 Tishrei 5778 You’ve probably heard of Mitch Albom’s book The Five People You

Rabbi Jared H. Saks from the Chadashot Newsletter, September 2017 At the ‘other’ new year that we mark, when we change the secular year at the

by Jane Sloven The Kabbalists teach that everything we do stirs up a corresponding energy in other realms of reality. When we remain cognizant of

Rabbi Jared H. Saks Shavuot 5777. May 31, 2017 – 6 Sivan 5777 I remember sitting in a seminar in my first year of rabbinical

By Sarah Szanton When our kids both left home, life suddenly opened up. I bought less food, I did less laundry, I got more closet

Rabbi Jared Saks’s sermon February 3, 2017 – 8 Shevat 5777 Congregation Bet Ha’am A week and a half ago, Kirk and I found ourselves

It’s Time to Start Living Yom Kippur 5777 October 12, 2016 – 10 Tishri 5777 Congregation Bet Ha’am Rabbi Jared H. Saks     When

Now is the Time to Act Kol Nidre 5777 October 11, 2016 – 10 Tishri 5777 Congregation Bet Ha’am Rabbi Jared H. Saks    

Open the Tent Flaps Rosh Hashanah 5777 October 3, 2016 – 1 Tishrei 5777 Congregation Bet Ha’am Rabbi Jared H. Saks     For a

Walking Judaism Street[1] Erev Rosh Hashanah 5777 October 2, 2016 – 1 Tishrei 5777 Congregation Bet Ha’am Rabbi Jared H. Saks   I used to

For the past two years, we’ve taken a group of our evening school students on a Jewish trip to New York. Many of the typical