Daily Kavanah – Thursday, September 12, 2024
“Rabbi Akiva says sing every day; sing every day” (Sanhedrin 99a-99b). The sages of our tradition rarely repeated words unless there was something [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Throughout my childhood, my dad would periodically share with me and my brother, Lee, about where he was and what he was [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Every Thursday morning in our 5th and 6th grade tefillah, we sing Psalm 150. The ancient words are no stumbling block for our [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, September 9, 2024
We have, each of us, drawn close to Rachel and Jon Goldberg-Polin as they worked tirelessly for eleven months to bring their son, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, September 6, 2024
Rabbi Yoshi shared these words at our memorial for the six hostages murdered by Hamas. Just a few days after October 7th, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, September 5, 2024
The month of Elul beckons us to craft a plan for realizing the lives we wish to lead in the year ahead. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Though we often dread the soul searching that accompanies our preparations for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur during this month of Elul, we must [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, September 3, 2024
One of the many traditions that has become part of Elul is sounding the shofar on each morning of the month, reminding us [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, September 2, 2024
Tonight marks the beginning of Elul, the final month in the Hebrew calendar. Its origins have been linked to the Akkadian word for [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, August 30, 2024
Many of us have probably already seen footage of the fences designed to protect the Israeli communities on the Gaza border being [...]