Of the following Jewish Holy Days: Shavuot is covenant-Torah oriented; Tu B’shvat and Sukkot are nature oriented; Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and Shabbat are personal-spiritual; Passover, Purim, Yom HaShoah, Hanukah, Tisha B’Av and Yom Atzmaoot are historical-national. Of the historical events, the last three took place in the Land of Israel. But the first three, […]
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Modeling the Jewish Learning and Humanity of Our Late Teacher Rabbi Michael A. Signer.
Hebrew Words Seeking Polish Melodies
The Baal Shem Tov was a gifted singer. He considered singing as worship of God, for music touches the soul. He often led his disciples in song, especially at the Shabbat table. Sometimes he asked them to close their eyes and put their hands on each other’s shoulders as they sang, so that they were […]
Simchat Torah at Beit Warszawa
Grow Or Decline
More than 20 centuries ago, the great Jewish sage Hillel stated that “Those who do not add; subtract” (Avot 1:13) Our rabbis traditionally applied this wise saying to the subject of study and learning; which they saw as an ongoing process. Hillel’s admonition is the intellectual equivalent of today’s medical advice about our physical health, […]
Shabbat Gam Yachad – Beit Warszawa Shabbat School
Shabbat Gam Yachad– our monthly children’s activities connect the children with the Jewish holidays and introduces the weekly Torah portion to them. Most of the children who attend have not had any Jewish experience before. Watching them walk with small Torah scrolls around the room during the Torah procession, or waving Israeli flags on Yom […]
Sukkah
It was 10:00 p.m last (very cold) night when our Sukkah was finally up and ready to be decorated. Our veteran member, Darek –veteran both in Beit Warszawa and as our sukka builder served as the orchestrator during 5 hours it took. Darek’s assistants, from our Step-by-Step class members included Henryk, Maceij and Tomek. All […]
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