Daily Kavanah – Thursday, December 5, 2024
This week’s Torah portion, Vayeitzei, shifts the narrative of the Book of Genesis by portraying the dreadful consequences of deceit. The Book of Genesis [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, December 4, 2024
This week’s Torah portion, Vayeitzei, begins with Jacob fleeing the wrath of his brother, Esau. Along his way, he stops for the night [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Today is the second day in the Hebrew month of Kislev, a month which is acknowledged by the rabbis as the second [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, December 2, 2024
Today is Rosh Chodesh, the first day in the Hebrew month of Kislev. Though Hanukkah does not fall until the twenty-fifth day of [...]
Search for Meaning with Rabbi Josh Feigelson
Rabbi Josh Feigelson was appointed Executive Director of IJS in January 2020 and became President & CEO in April [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, November 29, 2024
In October 1863, in the midst of our nation’s bloodiest war, President Abraham Lincoln officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday to be [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, November 28, 2024
וְאָכַלְתָּ֖ וְשָׂבָ֑עְתָּ וּבֵֽרַכְתָּ֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַטֹּבָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָֽתַן־לָֽךְ(Deuteronomy 8:10)When you have eaten your fill, give thanks to your God יהוה for the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Holiday gatherings offer us the space for quality time with family, and chosen family, that we are often too busy to enjoy. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, November 26, 2024
“Gratitude is not a passive response to something we have been given, Gratitude arises from paying attention, From being awake in the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, November 25, 2024
The Jewish children’s book Molly’s Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen is a heartwarming piece about acceptance, identity, and understanding the true origins and meaning of Thanksgiving. [...]