Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland
Powiedział więc Mojżesz do Wiekuistego: O Najwyższy, od którego zależy życie wszystkich istot, wyznacz do kierowania społecznością męża, który by na jej czele wychodził i wracał, wyprowadzał ich i przyprowadzał, by społeczność Pana nie była jak stado bez pasterza. (Liczb 27:15-17)
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Rabbi Michael Berenbaum, a faculty member of American Jewish University and a world-renown scholar of the Holocaust lead Shabbat services at Babel, the temporary home of Beit Warszawa.
Rabbi Alan Iser from Philadelphia visited Beit Warszawa on his way to teach at the Masorti Center in Jerusalem. Rabbi Iser has a long-time connection to Beit Warszawa. He has lectured on Jewish law, Halachah and many other topics. This is Rabbi Isers sixth visit to Poland.
Regardless of where we were born and how we were brought up, certain principles of human life and coexistence are instilled in us from childhood. They usually boil down to a certain theory of what is good/right and what is bad/wrong, and consequently what we are allowed to do and what we are not allowed to do. Over time we also learn that there is also a gray area between these two realms, and that certain behaviors and attitudes are morally relative. As we grow and gain more experience, practical life and certain patterns from the human environment cause us to look for solutions beyond the[…]
