My husband a retired rabbi from LA and I were invited to Poland to help emerging Jewish congregations in 5 cities. We found ourselves in a very lovely apartment near the old walled city of Lublin. Our host and interpreter was Piot, a twenty six year old student with a Jewish studies major at the […]
Modeling the Jewish Learning and Humanity of Our Late Teacher Rabbi Michael A. Signer.
The Priestly Blessing –Who is Eligible to Bless?
Naso – Shabbat 29-30 May, 2015 “…they shall ‘place’ My name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.“ [Num.6:27] – When the Kohanim (Priests) stretch their hands forward and recite the blessing (ibid 24-26] –does God bless the priests and they transmit His blessing upon the people of Israel, or does the […]
Sermon for Shabbat 17-18 April, 2015
Twenty years ago, I suggested that this Sabbath, the Shabbat between Yom HaShoah and yom haAtzmaut, be celebrated as a special Shabbat under the name of ‘Shabbat laAm’ – Our People’s Sabbath – dedicated to strengthening the ties between Israeli Jews and Jews who live in all other countries around the world.How are the 2 […]
Shmini – Kosher or not?
10th April, 2015 To keep kosher or not to keep kosher? That is the question! I believe that the question for many Jews today is not whether to keep kosher, but rather what degree of kashrut to keep and for what purpose. Are there various degrees of kashrut? Should keeping ‘somewhat kosher’ be comparable to […]
VaEra – 5775
16th January 2015/25 Tevet 5775 “If first you don’t succeed, try again” This is a simple, basic, common wisdom. It does not imply that you should repeat exactly the same failed attempt… Rather, try to investigate the reasons why your first attempt failed, and try to achieve your goal, reach your target from a different […]
BeHar – 5775
The question: “What does the (Law of) Shmitah (Sabbatical year) have to do with Mt. Sinai?” is a well known phrase in Hebrew. Hebrew speakers use it whenever they argue that the two issues you just brought up are not dependent on each other, actually have nothing to do with each other. The source of […]
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