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Rabbi Dov Greenberg

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Rabbi Dov Greenberg leads Stanford Chabad and lectures across the world. 

A Megillah at the Jewish Museum of Greece in Athens, 2013. (Tilemahos Efthimiadis via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inTorah

Purim, our most radical holiday, rejects fatalism and fear

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg March 6, 2025March 7, 2025
A watercolor painting of a red-haired bearded man draped in rough, dark furs leads a younger man with an innocent look through a forest
Posted inTorah

The hidden cost of holding grudges isn’t worth paying

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg January 9, 2025January 9, 2025
"Rebecca and Eliezer" by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, ca. 1660 — a scene from this week's Torah portion, Chayei Sarah.
Posted inTorah

The surprising secret to getting God to answer your prayers

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg November 21, 2024November 22, 2024
A man in Bedouin dress stands with two donkeys in front of a well
Posted inTorah

What Abraham’s wells teach us about modern-day Israel’s struggles

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg October 2, 2024October 1, 2024
"Moses Pleading with Israel" by Providence Lithograph Company, ca. 1907
Posted inTorah

Baal Shem Tov’s life-changing words: ‘You are where your thoughts are’

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg August 15, 2024August 15, 2024
a colorful illustration of two men hefting a large branch with a large bunch of grapes on it
Posted inJewish Life

With faith, you can climb mountains and face down giants

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg June 27, 2024June 27, 2024
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir holds a grogger during a Megillah reading at his home in Jerusalem on Purim 1991. (Photo/Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inColumns

Silence isn’t golden: The power of Purim groggers

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg March 21, 2024
"Moses on Mount Sinai" by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1895-1900
Posted inTorah

Silence allows us to truly connect with God, Torah and ourselves

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg February 1, 2024February 1, 2024
A renaissance painting of two people, one of them Esau, speaking while crouched over a small flame
Posted inTorah

We can return to a place, but never to a moment

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg November 16, 2023November 17, 2023
Decorating the sukkah (Photo/Courtesy Hazon)
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Don’t cram Judaism into one day a year — come back for Sukkot

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

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