Daily Kavanah – Friday, October 16, 2020
Among the many names we mourn tonight as a community will be the name Nachman of Breslov, who died on this day in [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, October 15, 2020
On this day in 1894, French Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus was arrested for espionage. After a closed trial, in which no material evidence [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, October 14, 2020
On this day in 1965, on two days’ rest, Sandy Koufax pitched a 2-0 shutout to bring a World Series title to Los [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, October 13, 2020
On October 13, 1843, at Sinsheimer’s Café on New York City’s Lower East Side, Henry Jones and 11 fellow German Jewish immigrants met [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, October 12, 2020
On this day in 1958, at 3:30 in the morning, neighbors of Atlanta’s Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple, also known as the Temple, awoke [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, October 9, 2020
The last day of Sukkot, also known as Hoshana Rabba (הוֹשַׁעְנָא רַבָּא — “the great hoshana or supplication”), is celebrated today (Friday). It is the climax of [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, October 8, 2020
We are nearing the end of the most important and intense cycle of holidays in the Jewish calendar: from Rosh Hashanah to Simchat [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, October 7, 2020
וּלְקַחְתֶּ֨ם לָכֶ֜ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן פְּרִ֨י עֵ֤ץ הָדָר֙ כַּפֹּ֣ת תְּמָרִ֔ים וַעֲנַ֥ף עֵץ־עָבֹ֖ת וְעַרְבֵי־נָ֑חַל וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם לִפְנֵ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃ On the first day [of [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Sukkot, Passover, and Shavuot are known as the Shalosha Regalim (שלושה רגלים) — the three pilgrimage festivals. These are holidays that our ancestors [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, October 5, 2020
וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖ בְּחַגֶּ֑ךָ… וְהָיִ֖יתָ אַ֥ךְ שָׂמֵֽחַ׃ You shall rejoice in your festival…and you shall have nothing but joy! (Deuteronomy 16:14-15) Sukkot is considered by [...]