Daily Kavanah – Monday, May 30, 2022
With Shavuot beginning on Saturday night, June 4, this is the final week of the counting of the Omer. Today is the 44th day of [...]
With Shavuot beginning on Saturday night, June 4, this is the final week of the counting of the Omer. Today is the 44th day of [...]
When our Torah imagines the circumstances that might have led to the world’s first murder—Cain killing his brother Abel—it tells us that God says [...]
By every estimation, California is facing its worst drought in decades. Compounded by the likelihood of devastating heat waves this summer, 2022 will [...]
"Judaism is a sustained struggle, the greatest ever known, against the world that is, in the name of the world that could be, [...]
If you haven’t read Monday’s Kavanah, please check your inbox and do so before reading this reflection. “Hadestown” is a tragedy. At the [...]
Like Cantor Emma and Adam, Becky and I recently attended a performance of "Hadestown" at the Ahmanson (the run ends May 29th). I [...]
We are in the Omer period—a time in which we count the days leading up Shavuot, every day bringing us closer to Torah, closer to [...]
The origins behind celebrating the 33rd day of the Omer (Lag Ba'Omer) remain shrouded in mystery. The earliest known reference to the festival comes from [...]
.ס֣וּר מֵ֭רָע וַעֲשֵׂה־ט֑וֹב בַּקֵּ֖שׁ שָׁל֣וֹם וְרׇדְפֵֽהוּ "Turn aside from evil and do good. Demand peace and pursue it." —Psalm 34:15 On Sunday, our [...]
כל המקיים נפש אחת מישראל מעלה עליו הכתוב כאילו קיים עולם מלא "Whoever saves a single soul among Israel is, according to scripture, [...]