Daily Kavanah – Friday, April 26, 2024
Ba'avur Zeh: On Sacred Purpose וְהִגַּדְתָּ֣ לְבִנְךָ֔ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא לֵאמֹ֑ר בַּעֲב֣וּר זֶ֗ה עָשָׂ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ לִ֔י בְּצֵאתִ֖י מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ And you shall explain to your child on that day, ‘It is ba’avor zeh that God brought me out of Egypt.’ [...]
Search for Meaning with Naomi Zweiback
Join Rabbi Yoshi in conversation with his daughter, Naomi, who is a sophomore in a dual degree program at Barnard/Columbia and the Jewish Theological Seminary. She shares her perspective on the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, April 19, 2024
Four Difficulties for This Year’s Seder I remember the first time our oldest daughter sang the four questions at a family seder. It was, of course, beyond adorable. It also filled Jacqueline and me with [...]
Search for Meaning with Roee Azari and Amit Ben Shlomo
On October 7, Amit Ben Shlomo and Roee Arazi, members of the Givati Brigade, were called up for reserve duty in the Israel Defense Forces. A few months into this [...]
The Golden Age is Over
The Golden Age is Over Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback April 12, 2024 | 4 Nisan, 5784 Your browser does not support the audio element. In his weekly sermon, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback talks about the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, April 12, 2024
At the beginning of the pandemic, I embarked on a process of reflection with a few rabbinic colleagues about how we might navigate that moment of profound disruption. We were joined in those conversations by [...]
Search for Meaning with Yasmeen Ohebsion
Yasmeen Ohebsion, a senior at Tulane University, joins Rabbi Yoshi in conversation about antisemitism on college campuses today. Yasmeen, a leader in the Tulane Jewish community, recently testified in front [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, April 5, 2024
Tomorrow is called “Shabbat Mevarchim,” the Sabbath on which we announce the date of the coming Hebrew month. Since we are lunar people, Rosh Hodesh (the new month) coincides with the new moon. While [...]
Sharing the Burden
Sharing the Burden Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback March 29, 2024 | 19 Adar 2, 5784 Your browser does not support the audio element. In his Shabbat sermon, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback highlights the idea that [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, March 29, 2024
My soul, my heart really needed Purim this year. Or, to be more precise, it needed the fun, silly, colorful, joyous part—the part where the kids dress up as Queen Esther or Mordechai, Spiderman [...]