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HIGH HOLIDAYS 5784

By Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak 09/25/2023 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Holidays

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Beit Warszawa Renovations

By Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak 09/22/2023 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Beit Polska is Growing, Beit Polska News

Beit Polska is inaugurating a campaign to refurbish its new center on Jasna Street. Beit Polska’s new home, the Progressive Movement in Poland, is in the city’s center, but the facility requires extensive preparation. The total expenses are estimated to cost close to […]

How Can We Bring God Closer to Us?

By Menachem Mirski PhD 09/22/2023 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Sermons

Thoughts on Parashat Ha’azinu

God sends us messages and gives signals that He is taking care of us. But He will not “break into our homes” and our life uninvited. In this way God is more loving than just. There are times when we feel His presence very close but there are also times God seems very distant. The latter feeling has one of its expressions in our parasha for this week:[…]

Jak uczynić Boga bliższym?

By Menachem Mirski PhD 09/22/2023 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Polish Sermons

Ha’azinu 5784

Bóg wysyła nam wiadomości i daje sygnały, że się nami opiekuje. Bóg się jednakże nie włamywa się do naszych domów i do naszego życia bez zaproszenia. W ten sposób Bóg jest bardziej kochający niż sprawiedliwy. Są chwile, kiedy czujemy Jego obecność bardzo blisko, ale są też chwile, gdy Bóg wydaje się bardzo odległy. To drugie uczucie ma swój wyraz w naszej parszy z tego tygodnia:[…]

Celebrating Our Humanity

By Menachem Mirski PhD 09/14/2023 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Holidays, Sermons

Thoughts on Rosh Hashanah 5784

What do we celebrate on Rosh Hashanah? A pretty common answer given to that question is: we celebrate the creation of the world. This answer is generally correct but there is more to it. Midrash (Vayikra Rabbah 29:1) tells us that the world was actually created on the 25th of Elul. On Rosh Hashanah human beings were created. The midrash gives us a precise chronology – hour by hour – what happened on that day and a lot happened on that day: God created[…]

Świętując nasze człowieczeństwo

By Menachem Mirski PhD 09/14/2023 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Holidays, Polish Sermons

Refleksja nad Rosz Haszana 5784

Co świętujemy w Rosz Haszana? Dość częstą odpowiedzią na to pytanie jest: świętujemy stworzenie świata. Ta odpowiedź jest ogólnie poprawna, ale kryje się za nią coś więcej. Midrasz (Wajikra Rabba 29:1) mówi nam, że świat został faktycznie stworzony 25 dnia miesiąca Elul. W Rosz Haszana zostali stworzeni ludzie.[…]