Rabbi David Baum

Rabbi David Baum Delivered on Parashat Noah, 2025/5786 Before we begin our Torah reading this morning, I wanted to share a story of this Torah cover that's in back of us right here, and the mitzvah that Audrey, the mother of our bar mitzvah boy, performed to turn it into a beautiful memorial to October 7th, 2023, and the two years that followed. Because it was here during Simchat Torah when we learned about the massacre. And after that day, we started wearing yellow ribbons;

Learning to practice joy during Sukkot 2025-5786, when our hearts are still in mourning but hope is on the horizon Imagine a time when you were happy, but had to feel sad, or a time when you were sad, but expected to feel happy. They are rare instances, but they happen from time to time in our lives. Judaism asks us to live in that tension all the time. We’re commanded to mourn when our hearts are full, and to rejoice when our hearts are breaking. For instance, it is one of t

Yom Kippur - 2025/5786 - Rabbi David Baum The day after I got back to shul after my summer vacation, I had a meeting set for 9:00 am...

Rabbi David Baum, Kol Nidre 2025/5785  In 2005, I was serving as a rabbinic intern in Norwalk, Connecticut, a small New England town with...

Rosh Hashanah Evening Day 1 - 5786 - 2025 Rabbi David Baum Photo By Annie Spratt from Unsplash Elul, the month leading up to Rosh...

First Day of Rosh Hashanah 2025 - 5786 Rabbi David Baum I’m sure many in this room have seen a war movie, but have you ever felt war?...