Daily Kavanah – Monday, September 6, 2021
As we enter these Days of Awe, we hope that these readings and excerpts from Sha’ar HaShamayim, our Stephen Wise Temple machzor, will deepen [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, September 3, 2021
In just a few more days, the New Year will be upon us. Whether you will attend our services in person or join us [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, September 2, 2021
Rabbi Hayim Halberstam of Tzanz (1793–1876) related this parable: A man was lost in a forest for several days. He tried and tried [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Rabbi Harold Schulweis shares a beautiful lesson about the shofar that was taught to him by Natan Sharansky, the famous refusenik who later immigrated to [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, August 31, 2021
There is a story told by Rabbi Albert Lewis about a man named Joe. During his lunch break at work, Joe took a [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, August 30, 2021
When Hayyim of Zanz was a young man, he set about trying to reform his country from its evil ways. But when he [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, August 27, 2021
Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins shares a story that helps us in our preparation for the New Year: After a long, hard climb up [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, August 26, 2021
Our Elul challenge theme this week is teshuvah/repent, the act and idea that is at the heart of the High Holy Day season. On [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Our Elul challenge theme this week is teshuvah/repent, the act and idea that is at the heart of the High Holy Days season. For [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Our Elul challenge theme this week is teshuvah/repent, the act and idea that is at the heart of the High Holy Days season. Robin [...]