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Skutki rozłamu między ludem a jego przywódcami

By Menachem Mirski PhD 06/22/2023 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Polish Sermons

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Rozmyślenia o paraszat Chukat

Tora uczy nas, iż wskutek buntu i braku wiary całe pokolenie Exodusu, czyli ci Izraelici, którzy na własnych nogach wyszli z Egiptu, zginęli co do jednego, z wyjątkiem Kaleba i Jozuego, na pustyni Synaj, a do Ziemi Obiecanej dotarli wyłącznie ich potomkowie, zrodzeni już jako wolni ludzie na pustyni Synaj, a nie jako niewolnicy w Egipcie.[…]

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By Rabbi Mati Kirschenbaum 06/16/2023 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Sermons

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The Disastrous Consequences of Being Accustomed to Privilege

Poor Moses. The Book of Numbers doesn’t give him a moment’s rest. In the parsha Behaalotecha, read two weeks ago, opposition to his leadership was expressed by Miriam and Aaron. A week ago, the parsha of Shlach Lecha described a rebellion of Israelites incited against Moses by ten scouts who returned from a reconnaissance of the Land of Canaan negative about their chances of conquering it. This week Moses must face another rebellion among the Israelites. Our parsha describes this rebellion as follows:[…]

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By Rabbi Mati Kirschenbaum 06/16/2023 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Polish Sermons

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Zgubne skutki przyzwyczajenia do przywilejów

Biedny Mojżesz. Księga Liczb nie daje mu ani chwili wytchnienia. W parszy Behaalotcha, czytanej dwa tygodnie temu, sprzeciw przeciw jego przywództwu wyrazili Miriam i Aaron. Tydzień temu, parsza Szlach Lecha opisywała bunt Izraelitów podburzonych przeciw Mojżeszowi przez dziesięciu zwiadowców, którzy wrócili z rekonesansu Ziemi Kanaan negatywnie nastawieni co do szans jej zawojowania. W tym tygodniu Mojżesz musi zmierzyć się z kolejną rebelią wśród Izraelitów.[…]

An Aid Worker in a Time of Pogrom, Chaos, and Anguish During the Russian Civil War

By Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak 06/11/2023 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Freighted Legacies

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Michael Nutkiewicz translated and expanded Eli Gumener’s Yiddish memoir, originally published in Lithuania in 1921. Entitled A Ukrainian Chapter. A Jewish Aid Worker’s Memoir of Sorrow, the memoir depicts the fate of Jewish communities caught in the middle of the Russian Civil War and the challenges of providing relief to Jewish communities. Gumener (1886-1941) was Michael Nutkiewicz’s uncle and worked for major aid organizations between World War I and World War II. Michael was unaware of his story until he discovered the book in his parents’ vast Yiddish library after they passed away. Gumener’s memoir is a highly valuable and rare historical source that focuses on the two most devastating years of pogroms in[…]

Szlach Lecha: biblijna lekcja skutecznego wprowadzania zmian

By Rabbi Mati Kirschenbaum 06/09/2023 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Polish Sermons

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Czytana przez nas w tym tygodniu parsza zastaje Mojżesza tuż po zażegnaniu rodzinnego kryzysu. Tuż przed jej rozpoczęciem rodzeństwo Mojżesza, Miriam i Aaron, kwestionują jego wyłączne prawo do przewodzenia Izraelitom. Co więcej, Miriam krytykuje także relacje Mojżesza z żoną. Za swoje działania Miriam zostaje ukarana trądem i musi spędzić tydzień w odosobnieniu. Po powrocie Miriam […]

A Father and Son Journey in Poland

By Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak 06/09/2023 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Freighted Legacies

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With Igor Mikhaylov & Son, Ilan – A Father’s Day Reflection

A father, Igor Mikhaylov, took his Bar Mitzvah age son, Ilan on a trip to Poland in the Spring of 2023. They were spurred by Ilan’s Bar Mitzvah project at Temple Judea in Los Angeles, CA in November 2022. Ilan ambitiously raised funds for the Janusz Korczak Childcare Fund of Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland for Progressive Judaism supporting Spynka. The support for the network of 90 Day Care Centers called “Spynka” was one of many encounters with the Poland of today, which is offering refuge to Ukraine’s women and children. Father and son visited remnants of[…]

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