Rosh Hashanah 5771 The Rabbi, the Cantor, and the President of the synagogue were flying home from a conference when their plane crashed on a tiny pacific island. The three men crawled out of the wreckage only to be captured by a tribe of vicious cannibals. The chief of the tribe said to the men, [...]
More than a real estate transaction, Avraham’s purchase of a burial plot for Sarah was an act of true love. Chayei Sarah 5770 / November 14, 2009 Melanie and I have a running dispute between us. It is one of those disagreements that reveals a fundamental differences in our personalities and outlooks. The disagreement is [...]
Yizkor teaches us that the relationship with our loved ones does not end with their departure from this world. There is always an opportunity for another conversation. For the first three years of rabbinical school I felt like a fraud. I was a good student, got good grades, and took all the required classes, but [...]
Rabbi Salomon Gruenwald has served as the Associate Rabbi of Congregation HEA in Denver, CO since his ordination from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles in 2008. He also serves as a volunteer chaplain with the Denver Police Department. He and his spouse, Melanie Gruenwald, have three children.
