Rabbi David Baum

I have stood in this place many, many times. I do not know exactly how many mothers I have buried during my fourteen-year career as a...

Rachel Esther Baum, a trailblazing finance director and pillar of the Miami-Dade County and South Florida Jewish community, passed away...

Click Below For Recording of the Funeral As the summer comes to a close, I have to share that this has been the most difficult summer of...

Baruch Dayan HaEmet We are devastated to announce that our mother, Rachel Musman Baum, passed away this morning after a long illness....

My address to our congregation on May 31, 2023 Congregational meetings offer us all a chance to look back and reflect, not just as a...

This Shabbat, we honored our Legacy donors (those who have pledged after-life gifts to our community) and chaverim/members who have...

On Monday evening, Jews will gather together to laugh and have fun together for the holiday of Purim, but there’s another reason to...

The legacy of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland will forever be with me. When my wife and I started...

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Shabbat Shirah - Beshalach 2023 HIAS/Refugee Shabbat Rabbi David Baum Let’s say you were a slave, and...

Parashat Vayigash 2022/5783 As we come to the close of 2022, I think it’s important to take a step back at how we have all changed, not...

Thanksgiving is a holiday that looks at joy from a Jewish perspective. In Judaism, Simcha, joy, is not just a feeling, but an act. Joy...

Rabbi David Baum Chayyei Sarah 2022/5783 Two Israelis, Chaim and Moshe, are sitting on the beach in Tel Aviv, reading. Chaim has two...

(Delivered on Chol HaMoed Sukkot 2022/5783) This time period is called Zman Simchatenu - the time of our happiness, but what makes us...

Yom Kippur Sermon by Rabbi David Baum 2022/5783 I’m about to begin my fourteenth year as rabbi of our congregation, which means I started...

Kol Nidre 2022 - Rabbi David Baum Click here for the primary sources used for the sermon The last two and a half years of Covid...

(Photo credit: https://unsplash.com/@davehoefler) First Day of Rosh Hashanah Sermon - September 26, 2022/1st of Tishrei 5783 Once upon a...

People often ask me, why did you become a rabbi? To answer that question, I want to take you all back to my rabbinical school interview...

When is a sunrise more than just a sunrise? I asked myself this question on Sunday morning. I went to bed on Saturday evening after...

Last Shabbat, Cantor Hadash, in honor of Rosh Chodesh Elul, led us in a new song he created just for this holy month. To summarize the...

There’s an old rabbinic tale: The students come to their Rebbe and say they have found a way to rid the world of poverty – the rich will...