Daily Kavanah – Friday, March 3, 2023
Each year, on the Shabbat before Purim, we observe Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat of Remembrance. While remembrance is core to our tradition, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 24, 2023: Rabbi Yoshi Announces Sabbatical
“Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield; but in the seventh you shall let it rest and [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 17, 2023
"When men fight, and one of them pushes a pregnant woman and a miscarriage results, but no other damage ensues, the one [...]
Wise Leadership Statement on Pico-Robertson Shootings
Our hearts go out to those affected by the senseless shootings in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood over the past 48 hours. The three victims [...]
Search for Meaning With Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz
In the latest edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts [...]
Wise Clergy Statement on Protests in Israel
"Send Your light and truth to all who lead and advise, guiding them with your good counsel. Establish peace in the land and [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 10, 2023
In this week's Torah portion, Moses receives some much-needed counsel from his father-in-law, Yitro. Yitro notices how Moses sits for hours upon hours [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 3, 2023
Just a week ago, as Shabbat began in Jerusalem, we learned of the deadly shooting outside of a synagogue in East Jerusalem [...]
Search for Meaning With Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Matan Koch
In the latest edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, January 27, 2023
So much bloodshed … The deaths of so many innocents. It's heartbreaking to read about. You might be confused. Perhaps I am [...]