Daily Kavanah – Monday, March 7, 2022
...עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל רַבָּנָן וְעַל תַּלְמִידֵיהוֹן וְעַל כָּל תַּלְמִידֵי תַלְמִידֵיהוֹן “Upon all Israel, upon all its teachers, and upon all their students, as [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, March 4, 2022
I used to work at a synagogue in the Bay Area with a large emigre community. We had a full-time emigre coordinator whose [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, March 3, 2022
:וַתֵּ֕כֶל כָּל־עֲבֹדַ֕ת מִשְׁכַּ֖ן אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כְּ֠כֹ֠ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֧ה יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶת־משֶׁ֖ה כֵּ֥ן עָשֽׂ "All the work of the Mishkan of the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, March 2, 2022
For my first year of cantorial school in 2011-2012, I lived an entire calendar year in Israel. It was nothing short of magical—hearing [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Today, the first day of March, we mark the beginning of Women’s History Month. This official recognition of women in our nation began [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, February 28, 2022
Last week, many of you joined us for our Wise Women Book Club and conversation with Helene Meyers, author of “Movie-Made Jews: An [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 25, 2022
In 1911, my grandpa Jake was born in the small Hungarian village of Torun in the Carpathian Mountains. While he was still a [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, February 24, 2022
This week, Rabbi David Woznica explores the theme of prayer. Today’s animating question: Have your children or grandchildren seen you pray? Will our [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, February 23, 2022
This week, Rabbi David Woznica explores the theme of prayer. Dr. J.H. Hertz wrote in his introduction to the Authorised Daily Prayer Book [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, February 22, 2022
This week, Rabbi David Woznica explores the theme of prayer. Today, he considers the Hebrew verb for prayer. In Greek, the infinitive to [...]