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    Emor: Ethical Leadership Through Service
    Rabbi Michael Barclay
    • May 13

    Emor: Ethical Leadership Through Service

    This week’s commentary is dedicated to the memory of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai...
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    Pekudei: Eternal Change Through Physical Shifts
    Rabbi Michael Barclay
    • Mar 4

    Pekudei: Eternal Change Through Physical Shifts

    In this final reading in the Book of Exodus, there are two important biblical concepts that are as important today as they were over 3000...
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    Ki Tisa: Stepping Towards Forgiveness
    Rabbi Michael Barclay
    • Feb 18

    Ki Tisa: Stepping Towards Forgiveness

    Idolatry. Sexual immorality. Murder. The description of the events of the Golden Calf in this week’s portion sound like the outline for...
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    Terumah: How To Give a Gift
    Rabbi Michael Barclay
    • Feb 4

    Terumah: How To Give a Gift

    The first two lines of this Torah reading teach a valuable lesson we all need to remember in personal relationships: how to give a gift.
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    Yitro:  The Ultimate Wedding
    Rabbi Michael Barclay
    • Jan 21

    Yitro: The Ultimate Wedding

    “I am my Beloved’s, and my Beloved is mine” ---Song of Songs 6:3 For months and sometimes even years we prepare for our wedding day.
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    Wolves and Sheepdogs in Colleyville
    Rabbi Michael Barclay
    • Jan 18

    Wolves and Sheepdogs in Colleyville

    When I was ordained as a Rabbi, a speaker told our graduating class that we were now all “officers in God’s army.”
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    Matot/Masei: Our Word is Our Bond
    Rabbi Michael Barclay
    • Jul 8, 2021

    Matot/Masei: Our Word is Our Bond

    Although there are 54 Torah portions, there are only 50 or 51 Shabbats per year, and that doesn’t count those Shabbats that have special...
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