Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, October 12, 2021
This year, we celebrate the Jubilee anniversary of women being officially recognized as Jewish clergy (Rabbi Sally Priesand was ordained by the Hebrew [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, October 11, 2021
This year, we celebrate the Jubilee anniversary of women being officially recognized as Jewish clergy (Rabbi Sally Priesand was ordained by the Hebrew [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, October 8, 2021
אֵ֚לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת נֹ֔חַ נֹ֗חַ אִ֥ישׁ צַדִּ֛יק תָּמִ֥ים הָיָ֖ה בְּדֹֽרֹתָ֑יו אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים הִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־נֹֽחַ׃ “This is the line of Noah: Noah was a righteous man (tzaddik); [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, October 7, 2021
“There was throughout the earth but one language with the same words.” — Genesis 11:1 These words begin the brief tale of the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, October 6, 2021
“These are the legacies of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, wholesome among his generation. Noah walked with God. Noah sired three sons [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, October 5, 2021
“Adonai saw how greatly human wickedness flourished upon the earth and how every plan of its heart focused upon evil daily. Therefore, Adonai [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, October 4, 2021
This week, we read from parashat Noach, detailing the famed story of Noah’s ark. However, in order to understand this story in depth, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, October 1, 2021
This Shabbat we begin the reading of our Torah again with Parashat B’reisheet, the very first portion of the five books. It includes two stories [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, September 30, 2021
Exploring Genesis: This week’s Torah Reading Cain said to his brother Abel… and when they were in the field, Cain set upon his [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Exploring Genesis: This week’s Torah reading And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because on it God ceased from all [...]