Daily Kavanah – Monday, May 16, 2022
A Message From Wise Clergy Ruth Whitfield (88) went to the Tops Market in Buffalo, N.Y. to purchase her meals for the coming [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, May 13, 2022
Since last Friday, I’ve attended two burials, a memorial service, and a shiva minyan. Some might see this as an occupational hazard, an inseparable [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, May 12, 2022
We are currently marking the counting of the Omer, the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot when we focus deeply and intentionally on how [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, May 11, 2022
צוּף־דְּ֭בַשׁ אִמְרֵי־נֹ֑עַם מָת֥וֹק לַ֝נֶּ֗פֶשׁ וּמַרְפֵּ֥א לָעָֽצֶם׃ Encouraging words are like a honey, Sweet to the soul and a cure for the body —Proverbs [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Two weeks ago, Adam and I attended Center Theatre Group’s production of “Hadestown,” the 2019 Tony Award winner for best musical. We have [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, May 9, 2022
כַּבֵּ֤ד אֶת־אָבִ֙יךָ֙ וְאֶת־אִמֶּ֔ךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לְמַ֣עַן ׀ יַאֲרִיכֻ֣ן יָמֶ֗יךָ וּלְמַ֙עַן֙ יִ֣יטַב לָ֔ךְ עַ֚ל .הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ "Honor your father and [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, May 6, 2022
The photo below is precious to me and quite timely for a few reasons. If you couldn’t tell, it’s of me and my [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, May 5, 2022
Yom Ha'atzmaut—Israeli Independence Day At 8 a.m. on May 14, 1948, the British Union Jack was lowered in Jerusalem. The British would no longer [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Today is Israel’s Memorial Day. Tomorrow Israel will celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. What is not well known is that originally the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Theodor Herzl, the father of modern Zionism who turned Zionism into an international movement and inspired Jews with his words “Im tirtzu, an [...]