by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 19, 2023 | Bo, Nisan
By Chaim Barzel “God said to Moshe and Aharon in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you.” (Exodus 12:1-2) This first month of the Hebrew calendar is now known as Nisan...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 16, 2023 | Psalms
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz My first visit to Israel was in 1978 when I was seventeen years old. As a teen on his first trip away from home, I was cynical and more interested in adventure than in any serious endeavors. I certainly had no interest in investigating my...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 9, 2023 | Bible Study
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz I have been blessed with four amazing children and, as they grow, one story keeps recurring. When they are five years old the setting is the playground, and playmates that are their best friends one moment turn on them the next. For the older...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 8, 2023 | Adar, Purim
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz I have always been fascinated by time, perhaps because if I am left to my own devices I can live my life blissfully unaware that time exists. It amazes me that organized events or business meetings happen at all. It requires people who are...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 5, 2023 | Bible Study
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz “Abba (Father)!” My little boy came running into the house, tears streaming down his cheeks. “We were playing hide and seek,” he sobbed. “And after he was found Samuel yelled out to everyone where I was hiding.” It was my son’s first taste of...
