Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Immigration and Jewish Tradition – It’s Not Always What You Think! Just as we discovered in the brief survey of Jewish sources [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Judaism and The Environment – It’s Complicated!Though we often hear people asserting that this or that principle is reflective of “Jewish Values” it’s [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, August 19, 2024
Tu B’Av – The Jewish Holiday of LoveRabbi Avi Weiss of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale makes a shocking assertion for a traditional rabbi. As [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, August 16, 2024
This week’s Torah portion includes a verse that is undoubtedly the most well-known to all Jewish people throughout time and space. For more [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, August 15, 2024
לֹא עָלֶיךָ הַמְּלָאכָה לִגְמֹר, וְלֹא אַתָּה בֶן חוֹרִין לִבָּטֵל מִמֶּנָּה It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, August 14, 2024
During the year, our little one enjoys Wise parenting center classes and spends most of her days busy at ballet class or [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, August 13, 2024
הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהֹוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ (ונשוב) [וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה] חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃Return us, God, to You, and let us come back. Renew our days of old (Lamentations 5:21).Hashiveinu, Adonai, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, August 12, 2024
נַחֲמ֥וּ נַחֲמ֖וּ עַמִּ֑י Comfort, oh comfort My people (Isaiah 40:1). Tonight at sundown marks the beginning of Tisha b’Av, the 9th of the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, August 9, 2024
A friend reached out to me last Tuesday evening with a rabbinic question soon after the news broke that Ismail Haniyeh had been [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, August 8, 2024
This Shabbat, as we read from the Book of Deuteronomy, we hear Moses’ retelling of the Israelites’ exploits in the wilderness, including [...]