Daily Kavanah – Monday, April 1, 2024
Our tradition teaches that different intervals of the year can be characterized by specific emotional traits. For instance, the summer month of [...]
Our tradition teaches that different intervals of the year can be characterized by specific emotional traits. For instance, the summer month of [...]
My soul, my heart really needed Purim this year. Or, to be more precise, it needed the fun, silly, colorful, joyous part—the [...]
On the Shabbat on or before the month of Nisan begins–this year, that Shabbat is April 6–we mark what is known as Shabbat [...]
On Saturday, the Shabbat just after Purim, the tradition is to once again bring out a second scroll—this time to read from Numbers [...]
Twice in the weeks before Purim, a second scroll is taken out of the Ark during the Shabbat Morning service, marking two [...]
For a religion and practice deeply rooted in time, it is no surprise that our ancient rabbis spent a lot of time worrying [...]
Purim has a different resonance now, in the middle of this terrible war. Megilat Esther is essentially a Jewish fantasy about what [...]
A Timeless Diaspora Story The Book of Esther is a diaspora story. Written by Jews who were under Persian or Greek rule, [...]
Who’s a Hero? The Purim story was likely written by Jews heavily influenced by Greek storytelling. The heroes, the villains, even the court [...]
To Masquerade or Not to Masquerade It is hard to imagine two days more different than Purim and Yom Kippur, and yet the [...]