Daily Kavanah – Wedensday, December 27, 2023
“And all who work with the community should labor with them for the sake of Heaven, for the merits of our ancestors sustain [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, December 26, 2023
For several years now, I have been involved with an organization called Women Wage Peace, a group of Israeli/Jewish and Muslim/Palestinian mothers [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, December 25, 2023
Across our planet, almost every population has created a celebration of light during this season of winter solstice, when Earth’s poles reach their [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 22, 2023
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” — Thomas [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, December 21, 2023
There is a story in the Talmud of Adam, the first man. It goes as such: “When Adam saw the days gradually getting [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, December 20, 2023
One of the morning prayers we are called to say each day are the words of Modeh Ani. The words are:מוֹדֶה אֲנִי לְפָנֶֽיךָ מֶֽלֶךְ [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, December 19, 2023
In dark times, the Jewish People have been kept not by optimism, but by hope. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said that “optimism and hope [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, December 18, 2023
As winter persists, our inclination is to continue to seek the light that we warmed ourselves with during Chanukah. This reflex is [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 15, 2023
Last week my mentor, friend, and Rabbi, David Ellenson, died suddenly. He was an extraordinarily gifted scholar and teacher who touched my life [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, December 14, 2023
Tonight, we light the eighth candle of Hanukkah. One week ago, as we prepared to light the Hanukkah lights, the Jewish world — [...]