Tomorrow is called “Shabbat Mevarchim,” the Sabbath on which we announce the date of the coming Hebrew month. Since we are lunar [...]
This week’s Torah portion, Sh'mini, and the two parshiyot following contain the origins of Jewish dietary laws and an outline of the foods that are [...]
A good story is worth revisiting. Without a doubt, the novel I have read cover to cover more than any other is [...]
צָעֲקוּ וַיהֹוָה שָׁמֵעַ ... קָרוֹב יְהֹוָה לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־לֵב “They [the children of Israel] cry and God listens…God is close to the broken-hearted” (Psalm [...]
Sharing the Burden Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback March 29, 2024 | 19 Adar 2, 5784 Your browser does not support the audio [...]
Our tradition teaches that different intervals of the year can be characterized by specific emotional traits. For instance, the summer month of [...]
My soul, my heart really needed Purim this year. Or, to be more precise, it needed the fun, silly, colorful, joyous part—the [...]
Audrey Birnbaum grew up in New York in the late 1960s, the child of a Holocaust survivor. When her [...]
On the Shabbat on or before the month of Nisan begins–this year, that Shabbat is April 6–we mark what is known as Shabbat [...]
On Saturday, the Shabbat just after Purim, the tradition is to once again bring out a second scroll—this time to read from Numbers [...]
