Tag Archives: Carl Kinbar

A Psalm Meditation Fitting for Days of Awe

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Derek Leman

Rabbi Kinbar writes poignantly of suffering and Messiah in Psalm 13. One can only hope this could be a prelude to some teaching from Midrash Tehillim. http://mjti.blogs.com/midrash/2010/09/two-worlds-of-the-psalms.html

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Expand Your Confession

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Derek Leman

Our thinking needs adjusting. The Yom Kippur liturgy is a good challenge to individualist rationalism, as Rabbi Carl Kinbar explains. http://mjti.blogs.com/midrash/2010/09/confession-on-yom-kipper.html

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Context and Word of God

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Derek Leman

Boy, if you don’t read one of your favorite blogs for a week you can miss something good. Take the fact that I missed a gem of a post by Rabbi Carl Kinbar on MIdrashEtc. His launching point is a … Continue reading →

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Historic Moment: MJ’s Future Through Education

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Derek Leman

Coming up on Messianic Jewish Musings: It happens occasionally that I have so many topics for the blog and so few days. Look for the following this week and next. (1) A series on a crucial paper by David Rudolph, … Continue reading →

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Day 1, Summer Rabbinic Intensive

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Derek Leman

It would be dull for me to recount every day what happens here in Beverly Hills with the rabbinical school of MJTI and the summer intensive class we are enjoying. But I think I can get away with telling you … Continue reading →

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The Kiss in Christian and Jewish Midrash

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Derek Leman

Okay, midrash isn’t really a Christian word. A midrash is a reaction to scripture, a sort of derived extension of the words of the Bible into the larger ideas and stories of faith. Sometimes a midrash becomes an extra-biblical story … Continue reading →

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Wrapping Hashivenu and Answering Judah Gabriel

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Derek Leman

Today I am traveling home from the Hashivenu Forum in L.A. It has been an intense experience, both in terms of the theological papers and discussion on the one hand and the late night conversation on the other. I am … Continue reading →

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