Pinchas

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Pinchas: A Leader for All

Rabbi Jay Kelman

While it is undoubtedly true that people get the leaders they deserve, it is also true that great leaders are often—though not always—able to inspire people towards more noble goals. In essence, the relationship between leaders and their communities…
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Parshat Shavua 5783 with weekly guest speaker (Pinchas)

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Pinchas: Next Leader Please

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Success and great leadership go hand in hand. That is why organizations, sports teams and even countries can continue to excel or flounder year after year. The players may come and go, but the culture of excellence exuded by the management permeates…
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Parshat Shavua 5782 with weekly guest speaker (Pinchas)

Zissy Turner

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Pinchas: Not Fit for Leadership

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Pinchas, the son of Elazar, the son of Aaron the priest was the one who so zealously took up My cause among the Israelites, and turned My anger away from them” (Bamidbar 25:10). Whereas normally, the Torah identifies a person with their…
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Parshat Shavua 5781 with weekly guest speaker (Parshat Pinchas)

Rabbi Yosie Levine

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The Haftarot: How to Profit from the Prophets (Parshat Pinchas)

Dr. Moshe Sokolow

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Pinchas: Three Models of Leadership

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Parshat Pinchas presents us with at least three distinct models of leadership. Our parsha gets its name from the zealotry of Pinchas who, without warning, killed a leader of the tribe of Shimon and the Midianite women with whom he was sinning.…
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Pinchas: Idolatry for Adultery

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"And they called the people to their religious sacrifices, and the people ate and worshipped the Moabite gods" (Bamidbar 25:2).  How could the Jewish people—on the threshold of entering the land that the "eyes of G-d, your…
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Pinchas: New Leadership

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The illustrious "career" of Moshe Rabbeinu is coming to an end. G-d has told him that he will not be the one to lead the Jewish people into the land of Israel. His co-leaders, Miriam and Aharon have already passed away. The Jews are "encamped on the…
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