Daily Kavanah – Monday, August 15, 2022
At the time when one should be joyous, be joyous; when it is time to mourn, mourn(Midrash Genesis Rabbah 2:7)August is a month [...]
At the time when one should be joyous, be joyous; when it is time to mourn, mourn(Midrash Genesis Rabbah 2:7)August is a month [...]
Today is Tu B'av (the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Av), also known as the "Jewish Valentine's Day." According to the Talmud, Tu [...]
Tonight marks the beginning of Tu B’Av, the 15th day of the month of Av. Unlike Tisha B'Av—a day of solemn mourning [...]
Today is National S’mores Day, set to recognize America’s most popular campfire treat, first made famous in the 1927 edition of the [...]
Today is International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, first established in 1994 by the United Nations to celebrate more than 400 [...]
As our minds and bodies recover from the fast of the Ninth of Av, our tradition turns its gaze toward the future. Beginning [...]
Last week, Jacqueline and I met our friends Marc and Orley—the wonderful couple who had been our daughter's host family in Tel [...]
The Jerusalem Talmud—the lesser known of our two Talmuds—records the following story: One day, a Jew was plowing in the valley of [...]
Tisha B’Av is the major day of communal mourning in the Jewish calendar, specifically focused on the destruction of the First (586 [...]
Tisha B'Av is the major day of communal mourning in the Jewish calendar, specifically focused on the destruction of the First (586 [...]