Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland
At this moment there are 7.9 billion people living in the world. Those people speak different languages and they practice different religious and various customs and traditions. In short: they are representatives of many different cultures. Each of these cultures has its specific values, its ethos and teachings, telling people what they should do and what they shouldn’t do in their lives. Sometimes they,[…]
Shabbat has come – our most precious day of the week. Along with Her, we receive the two ministering angels (malachei hasharet) familiarized in the song Shalom Aleichem. We know from Hassidic tradition that one of the angels is a “good” angel and the other one “bad”.[…]
Today people lament over the crisis of political and religious leadership. I gripe and grumble along with the best of them, notwithstanding, this “crisis” is nothing new and is quite possibly inherent to human societies. While we must tip our hat to our preeminent leaders that inspire and galvanize,[…]
La Yehudim haita orah ve’simcha ve’sason v’ikar – The Jews enjoyed light and gladness, happiness and honor. (Esther 8:16) – these are the words of Megilia that we read on Purim that has just passed. We recite these words at the end of every Havdalah prior to which we also look at the reflections of lights in our fingernails. Light is a fundamental element/principle of the world, both physically[…]
