Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland
Blessings… What are they? Every blessing, at its core, is a form of prayer, since it typically asks God to help accomplish what we ourselves cannot. Yet the blessing is more than prayer because it assigns a decisive role to the one who pronounces it. Let us consider, for example, the blessings of children made by their parents: placing hands on them in the solemn act in which the parents see themselves as God’s co-workers and as essential links between the[…]
Błogosławieństwa… Czym one są? Każde błogosławieństwo jest zwykle w swej istocie formą modlitwy, ponieważ prosi Boga o pomoc w dokonaniu tego, czego sami nie możemy osiągnąć. Błogosławieństwo jest jednak czymś więcej niż tylko modlitwą, ponieważ przypisuje decydującą rolę temu, kto je wypowiada. Weźmy na przykład błogosławieństwa dzieci wypowiadane przez rodziców: samo położenie rąk jest uroczystym aktem, w którym rodzice postrzegają siebie jako współpracowników Boga i jako istotne ogniwa łączące pokolenia. Nie możemy zająć miejsca Boga; ale[…]
09-01-23 In August word reached us that one of the most creative and devoted volunteers that Beit Warszawa was privileged to host passed away. Mordy Feinberg passed away on August 9 in Rockville, Maryland. Mordy’s wife, Miriam, writes us with the grace of her loss, but we remember the love and devotion that this couple lavished on our community. May the memory of Mordy be a blessing.
The following is an excellent letter about their visit to our community. It was originally published in 2015.[…]
Rabbi Jack Shlachter (www.physicsrabbi.com) is currently a rabbi at HaMakom: The Place for Passionate and Progressive Judaism in Santa Fe, New Mexico while simultaneously serving the Los Alamos Jewish Center as their rabbi as well. Both congregations are small (approximately fifty families). Rabbi Shlachter is retired after several decades of full-time work at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a Ph. D. physicist. Because rabbinical[…]
