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RABBI’S WEEKLY MESSAGE

February 14, 2026

A welcome to the coming year of Ed

Greetings friends
 
How was your Valentine’s Day?  The non-Jewish festival of love.  A day dedicated to love everywhere, amongst everyone.
 
I think every day should be the day to honor love, and I hope everyone is still enjoying the love of life and the chocolate that goes along with it.  February is half over, and that means we are approaching Pisces, and that tells us the year is just about over. We have the miracle of Purim coming up, followed by the Festival of Freedom—the festival of unleavened bread, aka—Passover.
 
This week we begin the “covenant code,”  a boring introduction to laws and rules and regulations—but—it is not as boring as it really seems because this is the introduction of decency, humanity, and dignity in the forming of law.  No other code of law was like it.  We need to honor the dignity of all – to respect, to honor, to protect.  And to remember we were strangers and know what it is to be the outcast.
 
Now, for this great Book of Names, Exodus, which is really the story of freedom and of treatment of those around us, we have already had our introduction, climax, and denouement.
 
Now remember the laws that count are these 10 – from the Great Epiphany. 
 
Last week, we stood together on the mountain and received the 10 laws of how to live life, the only real laws that count, that rise above all else and unify beliefs and treatment.
 
No other gods
No images – the concept of G0d can’t be minimized
No broken oaths (swearing to G0d)
Remember to stop each week and regenerate
Honor mother and father (the roots of you and the female and male)
No murder
No adultery
No stealing
No false witness – no lying
No coveting – it is you diminishing you
 
Live by these, and the rest are window dressing.  Not a hard list to consider each day to help guide your actions in life. Remember, at one point, this was the entire prayer service, the recitation of the rules of life. Say them every day and your life will change.  You will see things differently; you will approach things differently; you will be different.
 
This week, we begin receiving the minutiae of laws that will probably go on forever, but in this reading, there is an emphasis on two things that actually connect—humanity, dignity, and decency to your fellow man, and as we saw last week, we honor the trees we share this great spinning sphere with. There is the sabbatical for the land. It too gets one year out of seven to regenerate.  Our treatment of man and the flora and fauna of life must be the same.  They go hand in hand.  We are not just connected to our fellow man; we are all connected to everything, everywhere.
 
Keep practicing forgiveness, and use this time to continue to forgive those you need to forgive, and ask forgiveness from those you need to seek forgiveness from. Give thanks and celebrate your freedom and joy; do not succumb to fear. Please feel free to share this audio and video with anyone you think might enjoy it, and of course, enjoy all of our past audio and video episodes available on our YouTube channel.   This episode will be posted on our channel. Click here to watch the Rabbi David Gellman Show in the 2026 cycle.
 
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Be well, be happy, be healthy, be free, be kind, be forgiving, be compassionate, be independent of mind and deed, be mindful of your intentions, and be good to yourself.  Continue to celebrate freedom of choice in your life, and do not give in to the fear that is so prevalent, and enjoy the peace that comes from acceptance. As always, if you have any questions or suggestions or just want to say “hi,” please send me an email.  I love hearing from you.
 
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 Enjoy and celebrate your life and the lives of others, and in doing so, be safe, my friends. Be happy, and may you all sow the seeds of and reap the rewards of peace, love, and miracles, and make sure you also celebrate your unique individuality and your incredible awesomeness.
 
And remember, your world is what you make it.  Just wish upon a star, and continue to be a miracle in someone’s life and light the light of love.  May the year bring all your hopes, dreams, and wishes to fruition.
  
Blessings
 
RD
 

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