Search for Meaning with Dafna Admati and Yarden Tzemach from Kibbutz Be’eri
Dafna Admati and Yarden Tzemach grew up on Kibbutz Be'eri, one of the communities hit hardest in the attacks of October [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 27, 2024
Even though IDF troops are still actively engaged in battle and suffering losses each week, and notwithstanding the continued urgency felt for [...]
IsraAID – Israel’s Non-Governmental International Humanitarian Aid Organization
Global CEO of IsraAID, Yotam Polizer December 6, 2024 | 5 Kislev, 5785 Your browser does not support the audio element. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, October 25, 2024
It’s right there in the Torah. It’s a mitzvah to celebrate at this time. Deuteronomy chapter 16 teaches that on Sukkot, “ וְשָׂמַחְתָּ בְּחַגֶּךָ [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, October 11, 2024
Tonight we will hear the melody of Kol Nidre, the opening notes of which remind us instantly of the solemnity of the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, October 10, 2024
“They [the chieftains] charged the People, saying: ‘When you see the Ark of the Covenant of Adonai carried by the Levitical priests, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, October 9, 2024
The words above (as they appear in the Wise High Holy Day prayer book) come from the Yizkor service for Yom Kippur. As [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, October 8, 2024
When soldiers are called to duty in the Israel Defense Forces, they are told to write a letter to their families that [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, October 7, 2024
Of all of the post-October 7 Israeli poetry I have had the honor of reading in these brutal 12 months, perhaps none has [...]
Intergenerational Forgiveness
Intergenerational Forgiveness Rabbi Ron Stern September 27, 2024 | 24 Elul, 5784 Your browser does not support the audio element. How [...]