Daily Kavanah – Monday, April 15, 2024
As we get ready for our Passover seders next week, we will look at the number four and its significance in the ritual.I will bring [...]
As we get ready for our Passover seders next week, we will look at the number four and its significance in the ritual.I will bring [...]
At the beginning of the pandemic, I embarked on a process of reflection with a few rabbinic colleagues about how we might navigate [...]
The global Jewish community continues to grieve following yesterday’s news that Hamas cannot identify and return forty living Israeli hostages that meet the proposed [...]
“Following the Israelites’ escape from Egypt at the Sea of Reeds, the ministering angels began to sing, but the Holy One interrupted them, [...]
As war between Israel and Hamas continues in the Gaza Strip, many observers, including Israeli citizens, have begun to lose patience with [...]
“Thus shall Adonai judge among the nations and make peace among the great peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares and [...]
Tomorrow is called “Shabbat Mevarchim,” the Sabbath on which we announce the date of the coming Hebrew month. Since we are lunar [...]
This week’s Torah portion, Sh'mini, and the two parshiyot following contain the origins of Jewish dietary laws and an outline of the foods that are [...]
A good story is worth revisiting. Without a doubt, the novel I have read cover to cover more than any other is [...]
צָעֲקוּ וַיהֹוָה שָׁמֵעַ ... קָרוֹב יְהֹוָה לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־לֵב “They [the children of Israel] cry and God listens…God is close to the broken-hearted” (Psalm [...]