Daily Kavanah – Friday, November 29, 2024
In October 1863, in the midst of our nation’s bloodiest war, President Abraham Lincoln officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday to be [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, November 22, 2024
“Sarah’s lifetime—the span of Sarah’s life—came to one hundred and twenty-seven years. Sarah died in Kiriath-arba—now Hebron—in the land of Canaan; and Abraham [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, November 15, 2024
One of the most troubling passages in our Torah is found in this week’s portion, Vayera: God commands Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son, [...]
The Gratitude List
Rabbi Yoshi shares his Yom Kippur Yizkor sermon which honors the memory of his mother, Hermene Davis Zweiback, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, November 8, 2024
According to some traditions, there are 600,000 letters in the Torah, corresponding to the number mentioned in the book of Exodus of male Israelites [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, November 7, 2024
וְאֶֽעֶשְׂךָ֙ לְג֣וֹי גָּד֔וֹל וַאֲבָ֣רֶכְךָ֔ וַאֲגַדְּלָ֖ה שְׁמֶ֑ךָ וֶהְיֵ֖ה בְּרָכָֽה׃ I will make of you a great nation! And I will bless you and [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wedneday, November 6, 2024
Every election brings results that include outcomes we desired as well as those we hadn’t hoped for. I know, having already heard from [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, November 1, 2024
I remember, decades ago, when I was learning how to type on an actual typewriter as part of our middle school required [...]
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 [...]
Search for Meaning with Peter Himmelman
Peter Himmelman is a Grammy and Emmy nominated singer-songwriter, visual artist, best-selling author, film composer, entrepreneur, and rock and [...]