FOSTERING A VIBRANT RENEWAL OF JUDAISM IN POLAND
23 stycznia 2015/3 szwat 5775 The first Divine commandment to all humans is “Be fertile and increase” [Gen.1:28]. The first Divine commandment to the Israelites is “This month [of Springtime] is for you the first of the months, it is the beginning of the year” [Ex.12:2] i.e. Establishing a national calendar in which the first […]
20th February, 2015/1 Adar 5775 If you ask any modern Hebrew speaker what is the meaning of the noun “Teruma” (more commonly pronounced: “Truma”) the answer would be “a donation” –a sum of money that a person gives voluntarily for a public purpose, to benefit his/her community or society at large. The origin of this […]
One sabbath, I noticed Margosha, she had come by herself to the reform synagogue in Warsaw for Friday night services. She was in her late twenties a thin, tall woman with short brown hair and glasses. Margosha’s clothes were in brown tones, a tweedy blazer, a dark chocolate brown skirt with a white shirt and […]
January 18, 2015 Nine members of Beit Warszawa congregation came to the Baha’i center to meet people from the Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian and Muslim communities in Warsaw. The theme was : Overcoming Prejudice and Acknowledging Similarities. A representative from each group addressed the audience. Rabbi Gil Nativ read the Prayer for Peace by Rabbi Nachman […]
30th January, 2015/10 Shvat 5775 Shirat HaYam –‘Song of the Sea’ or ‘Song on the Sea’ is one of the most beautiful and one of the most ancient pieces of Hebrew Poetry. I recall Prof. Moshe Greenberg saying that the deliverance of our ancestors from the mighty Egyptian Empire was such an incredible event, that […]
Introduction by Rabbi Allen Maller In 2010 I was asked to serve as a Rabbinic scholar in residence at Beit Warszawa. My wife Judy Maller and I were amazed by the wonderful people we met in the congregation. Every rabbi knows that the Halakic definition of who is a Jew is simple: all children born […]
