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Here are some essays and archived sermons from Rabbi Weisblum:

Rabbi Weisblum's Greetings for March 2010

Here are some sermons and commentary given by Rabbi Weisblum on past Shabbats and Yom Tovim.  They are available when the Rabbi or guest speaker uses prepared text.  Extemporaneous sermons are, unfortunately, not available.  We hope that you enjoy them!

2009

October 10 Shabbat/Shemini Atzeret

September 21 Second Day of Rosh Hashana

May 16 Guest Speaker Neil Rubin, Sr. Editor of the Baltimore Jewish Times "Can Judaism Survive the Internet"?

March 6 "Behind the Mask of Purim" by Rabbi Weisblum for the Baltimore Jewish Times

January 14 Funeral for Max "Mordechai/Motel" Arkin - - father of Uri Arkin and father-in-law of Sara Krimins Arkin

2008

November 22 Parsha Chayei Sarah D'var Torah given by Dr. Stuart Baker

October 25 Parsha Bereisheit

October 8 Kol Nidrei Sermon

September 30 Rosh Hashanah Sermon

September 14 Eulogy for Joseph Shafran

August 23 Meir Weisblum's Bar Mitzvah Speech

July 5 Parsha Chukat (Marilyn Halpern's 80th birthday)

May 17 Guest speaker Dr. Yoel Wachtel, IDF veteran and Georgetown University Professor on "Israel at 60"

April 27 Eighth Day of Passover

April 26 Seventh Day of Passover

April 25 Baltimore Jewish Times OpEd titled "Passover’s More Passionate Way"

April 12 Parsha Metzora ("When to Speak, When to Keep Quiet")

February 9 Parsha Terumah

February 2 Parsha Mishpatim

January 26 Parsha Yitro

January 5  Parsha Vaeira

2007

December 29 Parsha Shemot

September 22 (Yom Kippur) Leslie Gradet's Israel Bond Appeal

June 30 Bar Mitzvah of Ben Greenhouse (speeches by Ben Greenhouse and Rabbi Weisblum)

June 24 Bat Mitzvah of Rachael Sturgis (speech given by Rachael Sturgis)

May 18 Special Article in the Baltimore Jewish Times on Shavuot

May 12 Parsha Behar-Bechukotai/Mother' Day

April 28 Parsha Tazria-Metzora

April 9 Seventh Day of Passover

March 10 Parsha Ki Tisa honoring Rabbi Weisblum & family on his 5th year at Congregation Kneseth Israel

February 24 Parsha Terumah & Purim

February 1 Eulogy given by Rabbi Weisblum at the funeral of Harry Messinger

January 27 Parsha Bo (Strumpf family kiddush in honor of Katie Strumpf's new book "I Never Signed Up for This!: An Upfront to Dealing with Cancer at a Young Age".

January 6 Parsha Vayechi (Judge Eugene Lerner's 75th birthday and Bar Mitzvah Haftorah)

2006

October 21 Parsha Beresheit (Maurice and Joyce Ani's 50th Wedding Anniversary)

October 14 Shabbos Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor

October 6 First day of Sukkot/Shabbos

July 26 Eulogy given by Rabbi Weisblum at the funeral of Sondra Snyder

July 1 Parsha Korach

June 24 Parsha Shelach

June 17 Parsha Behalotecha D'var Torah given by Glenn Carr in honor of their daughter Susanna Carr's 14th birthday

June 10 Parsha Naso Bat Mitzvah D'Var Torah given by Ayala Chana Weisblum

May 27 Parsha Bamidbar

May 26 Special Article in the Baltimore Jewish Times on Shavuot

May 9 Eulogy given by Rabbi Weisblum at Dr. Nathan Leonard's Funeral

May 6 Parsha Acharei Mot-Kedoshim (Applestein baby naming of twin girls)

April 29 Guest Speaker Neil Rubin's (Sr. Editor of the Baltimore Jewish Times) speech - Parsha Metzora-Tazria

April 29 Commentary on Metzora-Tazria Rosh Chodesh Iyar (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

April 21 Eighth Day of Passover-Yizkor Sermon

March 10 Commentary on Tetzaveh Shabbos Zachor (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

February 25  Haftorah Shekalim given by Dr. Stuart Baker on the 35th anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah

January 28 Parsha Va'aera

January 20 Commentary on Parsha Shemot (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

January 12 Eulogy given by Rabbi Weisblum at Robert "Bob" Cohen's Funeral

January 7 Parsha Vayigash

2005

December 31 Parsha Miketz (Rosh Chodesh and 6th day of Chanukah)

December 2 Commentary on Parsha Toldot (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

October 25 Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor

October 22 Shabbos Chol Hamo'ed Sukkot (explanation of Kohelet)

October 19 Second day of Sukkat

October 18 First day of Sukkot

October 15 Parsha Ha'azinu  40th Anniversary of Ruth & Philip Deckelbaum and Thea & Howard Pinskey

October 14 Commentary on Parsha Ha'azinu (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

October 13 Yom Kippur/Yizkor 

October 12 Kol Nidre/Yom Kippur 

October 8 Parsha Vayelech (Shabbat Shuvah)

October 7 Eulogy given by Rabbi Weisblum at Dora Kintberger Schleider's funeral

September 17 Parsha Ki Tetze (Eliot & Phyllis Siskind's 50th Anniversary)

September 10 Parsha Shoftim

August 26 Commentary on Parsha Eikev (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

July 9 Parsha Chukat

July 8 Commentary on Parsha Chukat (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

June 18 Parsha Beha'alotcha

May 20 Commentary on Parsha Behar (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

April 8 Commentary on Parsha Tazria (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

March 19 Parsha Vayikra (Shabbos Zachor)

March 5 Parsha Vayakhel

February 26 Parsha Ki Tisa

February 25 Commentary on Parsha Ki Tisa (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

February 19 Parsha Tetzaveh

February 12 Parsha Terumah

February 5 Parsha Mishpatim

January 14 Commentary on Parsha Bo (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

January 8 Parsha Va'era

2004

December 11 Parsha Miketz/Chanukah Arkin-Krimins Aufruf

December 3 Commentary on Parsha Veyeishev (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

October 22 Commentary on Parsha Lech Lecha (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

September 25, 2004  Yom Kippur Yizkor

September 10 Commentary on Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

July 30 Commentary on Parsha Parsha Va'etchanan (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

June 18 Commentary on Parsha Korach (published in the Baltimore Jewish Times)

June 12 Parsha Shelach

June 5 Parsha Beha’alotecha

May 26 Shavuot

May 22 Parsha Bamidbar

May 8 Parsha Emor

April 10 Passover Shabbos Chol Hamoed

April 13 Eighth Day of Passover/Yizkor

April 12 Seventh Day of Passover

March 27 Parsha Vayikra/Stephen Tham's Bar Mitzvah

February 14 Parsha Yitro

January 10 Parsha Vayechi

January 3 Parsha Vayigash

2003

December 27 Parsha Mikeitz/Chanukah Day #8

December 20 Parsha Vayeishev/Chanukah Day#1

December 13 Parsha Vayishlach

December 6 Parsha Vayeitzei

November 29 Parsha Toldot

November 22 Parsha Chayei Sarah

November 21 Kabbalat Shabbos 

November 15 Parsha Vayeira

November 8 Parsha Lech Lecha

October 25 Parsha Bereshit

October 18 Shabbos Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor 

October 11 Sukkot sermon (first day)

October 6 Yom Kippur/Yizkor

October 5 Kol Nidrei

October 4 Parsha Ha'azinu (Shabbat Shuvah)

September 28  Second Day Rosh Hashanna

September 27  First Day Rosh Hashanna

September 13 Parsha Ki Tavo

August 30 Parsha Shoftim

August 23 Parsha Re'eh

August 16 Parsha Eikev

July 26 Parsha Matot-Masei

June 28 Parsha Shelach (Elliott Goldberg's Bar Mitzvah)

June 28 Elliott Goldberg's Bar Mitzvah Speech

June 21 Parsha Beha'alotcha (60th Anniversary of Nathan & Norma Lee Schwartz)

June 6 Shavuot Yizkor

May 31 Parsha Bamidbar

May 17 Parsha Behar

April 26 Parsha Acharei Mot

Seventh day of Passover April 23

Shabbat Chol Hamoed April 19

Second day of Passover April 18

First day of Passover April 17

Shabbos Hagadol April 12

March 29 Parsha Shemini

March 15 Parsha Vayikra/Shabbos Zachor

March 8 Parsha Pekudei

March 1 Parsha Vayakhel (Baby Naming Ceremony for Naomi Lebowitz)

February 22 Parsha Ki Tesa

February 15  Parsha Tetzaveh

2002

December 14 Parsha Vayigash

November 16  Speech to Lauren Legum on her Bat Mitzvah 

November 16 Parsha Vayeitzei

September 28 (Shemini Atzeret Yizkor)

June 15 Parsha Korach

June 1 Parsha Beha'alotecha

May 25 (Memorial Day Weekend) Parsha Naso

May 18 (Shavuot day #2/Shabbos/Yizkor)

May 17 (Shavuot day #1)

May 11 (Mother's Day) Parsha Bamidbar

May 4 (Joseph Wilner's Bar Mitzvah Speech) Parsha Behar Bechukotai

May 4 (Bar Mitzvah of Joseph Wilner) Parsha Behar Bechukotai

April 27 (Hadassah's 90th Birthday) Parsha Emor

March 30 (Shabbos Chol Hamoad Pesach)

March 28 (First day of Passover)

March 16 Parsha Vayikra

March 9 Parsha Pekudei Hachodesh

Below are some essays and other correspondence from Rabbi Weisblum of interest:

From Abraham to Statehood --Israel's Right of Existence  

Educating Church and Synagogue: Israel Awareness  

Philosophy of Contemporary Jewish Thought

Rabbeinu Sa’adia Gaon's Essence of the Soul

Commentary on Jewish Philosophy:  Judaism's Ideal Personality as Seen by our Ancestors (Word document)

The Chassidic Teachings of the Bal Shem Tov  (Word document)

Rabbi Weisblum's letter to the Catholic Clergy in Maryland on the passing of Pope John Paul II (a friend to the Jews)  April 7, 2005 (PDF format or Word document)

Rabbi Weisblum's report at the Annual Congregation Meeting on Sunday, January 25, 2009

Rabbi Weisblum's report at the Annual Congregation Meeting on Sunday, January 26, 2008

Rabbi Weisblum's report at the Annual Congregation Meeting on Sunday, January 28, 2007

 

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