compassion Archives - Stephen Wise Temple

Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, September 20, 2023

From now through Yom Kippur, each of our Daily Kavanot will feature a piece written by our clergy on the themes [...]

By RHusany|2023-09-19T15:38:00-07:00September 20th, 2023|Categories: Clergy, Daily Kavanah, Holidays, Rabbi Ron Stern|Tags: Change, compassion, Days of Awe, God, High Holy Days, inspiration, Jonah, judgement, Machzor Supplement, new year, Nineveh, pagans, prophets, Rosh Hashanah, satire, Yom Kippur|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Thursday, September 7, 2023

"Should your sins be like crimson, they can still turn white as snow. Should they be redder than dye, they can [...]

By RHusany|2023-09-05T10:58:43-07:00September 7th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Holidays, Rabbi Josh Knobel|Tags: compassion, Elul, forgiveness, High Holy Days, love, mercy, repentance, Rosh Hashanah, S'lichot, T'shuvah, Yom Kippur|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, September 6, 2023

"Seek God while you may find the Divine; call out while God is near. Forsake the paths of wickedness; dismiss iniquity from [...]

By RHusany|2023-09-05T10:38:00-07:00September 6th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Holidays, Rabbi Josh Knobel|Tags: compassion, Elul, forgiveness, High Holy Days, love, mercy, repentance, Rosh Hashanah, T'shuvah, Yom Kippur|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Today is the 40th day of the counting of the Omer, which means we are only nine days away from the end [...]

By RHusany|2023-05-15T13:39:44-07:00May 16th, 2023|Categories: Cantor Emma Lutz, Daily Kavanah|Tags: compassion, Exodus, humility, Moses, Omer, reflection, Torah|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Monday, February 13, 2023

Among the most difficult capacities to cultivate in ourselves and our children are the qualities of empathy, sympathy, and compassion. Empathy is [...]

By RHusany|2023-02-14T11:53:36-08:00February 13th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Rabbi Ron Stern|Tags: community, compassion, Disabilities, disability, empathy, Exodus, JDAAIM, JDAIM, Jewish Disabilities Awareness and Inclusion Month, Moses, Passover, sympathy|Comments Off

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 [...]

By RHusany|2023-02-03T07:56:54-08:00February 3rd, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback|Tags: community, compassion, Exodus, Gun violence, Hope, Israel, Jerusalem, mass shooting|Comments Off

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 [...]

By RHusany|2023-01-26T17:16:06-08:00January 27th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback|Tags: community, compassion, Egypt, Egyptians, Exodus, Gun violence, injustice, plagues|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Friday, January 20, 2023

... Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, "Thus says the Eternal, the God of Israel: 'Let My people go!'"—Exodus 5:1When I [...]

By RHusany|2023-01-20T10:39:11-08:00January 20th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback|Tags: civil rights, compassion, Egypt, Egyptians, Exodus, injustice, Martin Luther King Jr., Mensch, Miriam, MLK, MLK Day, Moses, oppression, Pharaoh, Pharaoh's daughter, Rabbi Abraham Heschel, slavery|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Friday, January 13, 2023

This week we read the last Torah portion in the book of Genesis. It includes a moment that is especially poignant: Jacob [...]

By RHusany|2023-01-12T13:16:12-08:00January 13th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback|Tags: civil rights, compassion, Egypt, Egyptians, Exodus, injustice, Martin Luther King Jr., Mensch, Miriam, MLK, MLK Day, Moses, oppression, Pharaoh, Pharaoh's daughter, Rabbi Abraham Heschel, slavery|Comments Off