Daily Kavanah – Thursday, September 26, 2024
This week in our fall Introduction to Judaism course, we dove into the Hebrew Calendar and the way it has developed over time. We looked [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, September 25, 2024
As a lover of Jewish time, I always make a point to keep an eye on the moon as its light fluctuates [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, September 24, 2024
This week, we read the double Torah portion, Nitzavim-Vayeilech. Nitzavim in particular is jam-packed with “good stuff”, including a pretty intense pep talk from Moses to [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, September 23, 2024
Ani L’dodi V’dodi Li The rabbis teach that the word Elul, the name of this month, is an acronym for the well-known phrase [...]
Darkness to Light
Darkness to LightRabbinic intern Yael FarberApril 5, 2024 | 26 Adar 2, 5784Your browser does not support the audio element.The total solar [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, November 16, 2023
Yesterday, we learned a bit about the letter samech. Today, I want to share the meaning of the word kislev. In Hebrew, Kislev is a compound word: [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, November 15, 2023
I am always amazed by the different ways that Jewish tradition, and particularly living in Jewish time, offers me (us!) the insight [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Chodesh Tov! We offer this greeting to one another on the first day of a new Hebrew month; today begins the new month [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, November 13, 2023
If you try to search for “World Kindness Day,” you’ll likely encounter two important things. First, that World Kindness Day is today, November [...]