W tym tygodniu czytamy dwie parsze, Wajakhel i Pekudej. Wynika to z księżycowo-słonecznego charakteru żydowskiego kalendarza, w którym w latach nieprzestępnych (na przykład w roku 5778) nie starczy tygodni na czytanie każdej parszy oddzielnie. W ten sposób księżyc i słońce determinują – czy tego chcemy czy nie – rytm żydowskiego życia. Wpływ ten był oczywiście […]
Modeling the Jewish Learning and Humanity of Our Late Teacher Rabbi Michael A. Signer.
The Golden Calf – the Jewish “Original Sin”
Thoughts on Parashat Ki Tisa and on the Purim Megillah [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]Moses went back to the LORD and said, “Alas, this people is guilty of a great sin in making for themselves a god of gold. Now, if You will forgive their sin [well and good]; but if not, […]
Trumah: What Can You Contribute to Your Community?
In the first aliyah of this week’s Torah portion, Trumah, we find the following words: [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””] ‘Have them make an ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. Overlay it with pure gold, both […]
Bringing God Down to Earth
Thoughts on Parashat Terumah In the last two weeks we read about the revelation at Sinai, where God came down from heaven to earth, to reveal to the Jewish people eternal, divine law and eternal truths. Some of them – the Ten Commandments – were carved in stone, which symbolizes, in my view, their fundamental […]
Jewish Renewal in Poland, 2018 Summer Tour Led by Rabbi Haim Beliak
THIS TRIP IS POSTPONED! June 26 – July 9, 2018 Tour Overview: INCLUDED: 1 night Mercure Centrum Warsaw (formerly Holiday Inn), Warsaw 1 night Grand Hotel Lublinianka, Lublin 3 nights Hilton Garden Inn Krakow, Krakow 1 night Hotel Arche Czestochowa, Czestochowa 1 night Qubus Hotel Kielce, Kielce 1 night Hotel Novotel Lodz Centrum Lodz, Lodz […]
Exclusive Screening, Bogdan’s Journey at Wilshire Blvd Temple
Sometimes a documentary film is the perfect vehicle for difficult issues of discussion. Wilshire Boulevard Temple in conjunction with Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland, Beit Polska and Two Points Film Present an Exclusive Screening of Bogdan’s Journey Bogdan Bialek, a Catholic Pole, journalist, and psychologist engaged the people of Kielce, Poland in addressing the […]
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