Daily Kavanah – Monday, August 29, 2022
One of the most beautiful and steamy love poems appears in the Hebrew Bible. No doubt, some of you have words from [...]
One of the most beautiful and steamy love poems appears in the Hebrew Bible. No doubt, some of you have words from [...]
We’ve reached cruising altitude. I'm above the clouds, looking down on earth from 30,000 feet. My daughter is sitting beside me, her [...]
Yesterday in 2006, the International Astronomical Union published its newest definition of a planet, stipulating that planets (1) orbit a star, (2) [...]
As Rabbi Stern alluded to on Monday, our tradition understands that life—and the calendar—is filled with new beginnings; in fact, the rabbis of [...]
The Very Beginning – And New Beginnings The first words of the Torah are, “In the beginning God created the heavens and [...]
Thousands of years ago, the sage Rabbi Ishmael famously said: כל התחלות קשות … “All beginnings are difficult.” In his context, the venerable [...]
This Shabbat includes a special blessing announcing the new moon: the Hebrew month of Elul begins next week. We will be including special messages [...]
אָ֣ז יָשִֽׁיר־מֹשֶׁה֩ וּבְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־הַשִּׁירָ֤ה הַזֹּאת֙ לַֽיהֹוָ֔הֹ "Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to God." —Exodus 15:1 Our [...]
A young student once asked Rabbi Hillel to teach them all of Torah while standing on one foot. Hillel responded plainly: "What [...]
Two weeks ago, a young woman attended Shabbat services by herself. As I rehearsed music just beforehand, I noticed her looking around [...]