FOSTERING A VIBRANT RENEWAL OF JUDAISM IN POLAND
Po śmierci dwóch synów Aarona, Nadaba i Abihu, Bóg poucza Mojżesza o ofiarach przebłagalnych, które miały być składane przez kohanim w Jom Kipur:
Wiekuisty powiedział do Mojżesza: «Powiedz Aaronowi, swojemu bratu, żeby nie w każdym czasie wchodził do Miejsca Najświętszego poza zasłonę, przed przebłagalnię, która jest na arce, aby nie umarł, kiedy będę się ukazywać w obłoku nad przebłagalnią.[…]
Thoughts on Pesach 5782 This Friday at sunset we will mark the beginning not only of Shabbat, but also the festival of Pesach, which is one of the main pillars of our religious experience and our identity. Passover is a festival of freedom and joy, but also of certain duties and necessary sacrifices which are […]
W najbliższy piątek, o zachodzie słońca, rozpoczyna się nie tylko szabat, ale także i święto Pesach, będące jednym z głównych filarów naszego religijnego doświadczenia i naszej tożsamości. Święto Pesach jest świętem wolności i radości, ale i pewnych obowiązków oraz koniecznych wyrzeczeń,[…]
Klezmer music has dominated the conversations about the post-communist Jewish culture renaissance in Poland.
However, creative activity in art music (classical music) has its own proud history, beginning with the virtuoso pianist and composer Maria Szymanowska in the late 18th century We will listen to one of her nocturnes, which strongly influenced Frederic Chopin’s compositional style. The webinar will offer[…]
Beit Polska refugee relief efforts announced its official name today – Janusz Korczak Society Child Relief. At the behest of the World Union for Progressive Judaism president Rabbi Sergio Bergman, we shared a few anecdotes about the immediate efforts to aid refugees in Poland initiated by our community and many other Polish civic groups.[…]
With time we get used to everything – to bad people around us, to war, to illness… In our life we experience good things and things which are a nice surprise for us, but often also sad and depressing things which we did not expect, which we have not chosen. The mind, as we know, doesn’t like to waste its energy, so that’s why many of the actions we perform take place automatically and we don’t always control our reactions to these or some other events.[…]
