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Sermon

7 years ago • Aug 26, 2017

Life Eternal

By
Rabbi Sharon Brous

Shabbat Shoftim Sermon. Rabbi Sharon Brous

The idea of speaking and acting b’shem omro– in the name of the one who inspired you in the first place– not only honors that person, but bestows upon him life eternal. In memory of sweet Gidi Zilberstein, in whom “all of the wonder and joy of life was wrapped up in a small bouncy body,” we dedicate ourselves to spreading a torah of uninhibited, unrestrained, unapologetic love.