Daily Kavanah – Monday, March 21, 2022
As I write this, I’m still recovering from the time change due to daylight saving. It’s remarkable how our internal clocks are set [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, March 18, 2022
This past Wednesday and Thursday, we celebrated Purim and remembered a time when our community was threatened by a genocidal demagogue. In that [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, March 17, 2022
Toward the end of the Book of Esther (Esther 9:22), our story recounts: וְהַחֹ֗דֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר֩ נֶהְפַּ֨ךְ לָהֶ֤ם מִיָּגוֹן֙ לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה וּמֵאֵ֖בֶל לְי֣וֹם ט֑וֹב לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Toward the end of the Book of Esther (Esther 9:22), our story recounts: וְהַחֹ֗דֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר֩ נֶהְפַּ֨ךְ לָהֶ֤ם מִיָּגוֹן֙ לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה וּמֵאֵ֖בֶל לְי֣וֹם ט֑וֹב לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Toward the end of the Book of Esther (Esther 9:22), our story recounts: וְהַחֹ֗דֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר֩ נֶהְפַּ֨ךְ לָהֶ֤ם מִיָּגוֹן֙ לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה וּמֵאֵ֖בֶל לְי֣וֹם ט֑וֹב לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, March 14, 2022
Toward the end of the Book of Esther (Esther 9:22), our story recounts: וְהַחֹ֗דֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר֩ נֶהְפַּ֨ךְ לָהֶ֤ם מִיָּגוֹן֙ לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה וּמֵאֵ֖בֶל לְי֣וֹם ט֑וֹב לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, March 11, 2022
Menachem Mendel Borodkin grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. His wife, Rivka, was born in Ukraine. For the past five years, they have [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, March 10, 2022
וַיַּעֲבֹר, מָרְדֳּכָי; וַיַּעַשׂ כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר-צִוְּתָה עָלָיו אֶסְתֵּר. וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, וַתִּלְבַּשׁ אֶסְתֵּר מַלְכוּת, וַתַּעֲמֹד בַּחֲצַר בֵּית-הַמֶּלֶךְ הַפְּנִימִית “So Mordechai went about [the city] [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
!זָכוֹר אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה לְךָ עֲמָלֵק... תִּמְחֶה אֶת־זֵכֶר עֲמָלֵק מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם לֹא תִּשְׁכָּח “Remember what Amalek did to you… You must erase the memory [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, March 8, 2022
This Shabbat, Jews throughout the world read Vayikra, the first chapters in the Book of Leviticus. Beginning with verbose descriptions of sacrificial offerings, followed [...]