Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, February 24, 2021
The Divine Presence only dwells in a space where there is joy; the prophets did not experience prophecy whenever they desired. Instead, they [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, February 23, 2021
When I think about Purim, I have so many happy memories—hilarious costume parades, different flavors of hamantaschen (team poppy seed!), and the many [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, February 22, 2021
אוֹר זָרֻעַ לַצַּדִּיק וּלְיִשְׁרֵי-לֵב שִׂמְחָה Light is sown for the righteous, and for the upright of heart, joy! During the Hebrew month of [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 19, 2021
The Shabbat prior to Purim is always celebrated as Shabbat Zachor, a testament to the unprovoked attack by Amalek upon the Israelites, as recounted [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, February 18, 2021
“No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.” On this day in 1859, the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, February 17, 2021
On this day in 1856, Heinrich Heine, the famous Jewish poet and satirist who converted to Lutheranism, passed away. Before his conversion in [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, February 16, 2021
On February 16, 1963, The New Yorker printed the first of Hannah Arendt’s extensive reports on the Adolf Eichmann trial in Jerusalem, which began two [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, February 15, 2021
On this day in 1781, the world bid farewell to Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, a Christian German author, playwright, critic, and philosopher, as well [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 12, 2021
If you like “mitzvahs” (commandments), you will love Mishpatim as it contains the most mitzvot of any Torah portion. Every day this week [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, February 11, 2021
If you like “mitzvahs” (commandments), you will love this week’s Torah portion. Mishpatim contains the most mitzvot of any Torah reading. Each day [...]