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Days of Awe 2024

By Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak 10/21/2024 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Congregational Happenings, Holidays

Enjoy some of our holiday photos!

Fifteenth of Av – 2024

By Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak 08/26/2024 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Congregational Happenings, Holidays

We had a beautiful meeting on the occasion of the 15th of Av.

15th of Av, known as Tu B’Av, is one of the most moving days on the Jewish calendar. It’s a celebration of love and joy, which symbolizes renewal and hope. In the Jewish tradition, 15 Av is the day when the mourning for the Destruction of the Temple ended. After many difficult days and months, the Jews begin to celebrate life and love.[…]

Passover in Poland 2024

By Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak 05/03/2024 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Congregational Happenings, Holidays

Experience the holiday through our photographs.

Purim in Warsaw -2024

By Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak 04/11/2024 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Congregational Happenings, Holidays

Experience the holiday through our photographs.

Wisdom and Unwavering Joy

By Menachem Mirski PhD 10/07/2023 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Holidays, Sermons

Thoughts on Simchat Torah 5784

Why do we read the Book of Kohelet, the most ‘existentialist’ book of the Hebrew Bible, on Sukkot – the most joyous among the Jewish holidays? It seems to contradict the spirit of Sukkot! Did the rabbis want to put limits on our joy and happiness? Were they afraid that we might have become too happy? That’s exactly one of the (many) answers! Rabbi Azaryah Figo (1579-1647) in his Binah L’itim (published in Venice in 1648) connects the[…]

Mądrość i niezachwiana radość

By Menachem Mirski PhD 10/07/2023 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Holidays, Polish Sermons

Refleksja na Simchat Tora 5784

Dlaczego czytamy Księgę Koheleta, najbardziej “egzystencjalistyczną” księgę Biblii hebrajskiej, w Sukkot – w najradośniejsze ze świąt żydowskich? Cz nie wydaje się to sprzeczne z duchem tego święta? Czyżby rabini chcieli ograniczyć naszą radość i szczęście? Czy obawiali się, że możemy stać się zbyt szczęśliwi? Taka jest dokładnie jedna z (wielu) odpowiedzi! Rabin Azaryah Figo (1579-1647) w swoim Binah L’itim (opublikowanym w Wenecji w 1648 r.) łączy lekturę Kohelet z radością Sukkot:[…]