

War and Peace: What Aaron’s Staff Can Teach Us After the Twelve-Day War©
Parashat Korach 2025/5785 Rabbi David Baum, Congregation Shaarei Kodesh Let’s say you experience a miracle. Do you think you would...
Rabbi David Baum
Jul 17 min read


The Strength to Step Back: What My Wooden Book Holder (Shtender) Taught Me About Humility and Leadership©
Parashat Shelach Lecha 2025/5785 Rabbi David Baum, Congregation Shaarei Kodesh In 2002, while I was studying in Jerusalem after my...
Rabbi David Baum
Jun 257 min read


🎙️ Torah From Boca — Episode Title: Fear Builds Encampments. Love Builds Community; Our Choice: Encampment or Community?
🎙️ Torah From Boca — Episode Title: “Fear Builds Encampments. Love Builds Community; Our Choice Encampment or Community?” I originally...
Rabbi David Baum
Jun 171 min read


Never Forget, Never Again: Why We Return to Traumatic Places©
Yizkor Sermon - Shavuot 2025/5785 I was asked a very important question by a rabbinical student when I led the Flesh Family Sinai Temple...
Rabbi David Baum
Jun 65 min read


More than Colors: Israel's Flag and Our Shared Future©
Parashat BaMidbar 5785/2025 Anyone who took an American history class knows the story of the American flag, created by Betsy Ross, but...
Rabbi David Baum
Jun 69 min read


Less Facetime, More Face Time
Rabbi Baum's Annual Meeting Address - June 4, 2025 There are some places in the world that are just different from others. For example,...
Rabbi David Baum
Jun 53 min read