by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 16, 2022 | Bible Study
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Kids ask the craziest questions but sometimes they make you think. This is generally what happens when my youngest son learns Torah. He asked me this morning, “What size shoes does God wear?” I took a deep breath before responding. “Why do...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 16, 2022 | God, Gratitude, Happiness and Joy, Ki Tavo
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz I’ve been having a rough week; my job has been making extra demands, the refrigerator is making strange noises, and each of my teens has come to me with a new and expensive gadget they cannot live without. The High Holidays begin in less than...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 15, 2022 | Bible Study
By Chaim Barzel The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth, told the following story: “It happened in one synagogue in London that the chazzan (cantor) on Shemini Atzeret (Eight Day of Assembly) began saying LeDovid Hashem Ori...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 14, 2022 | Community, Happiness and Joy, Ki Tavo
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz I can’t stand when people tell me to cheer up. How dare they tell me to be happy. It is infuriating. If I want to sink into a deep and dark depression, I will do so. And I generally do, at every party and celebration. You can’t...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 13, 2022 | Ki Tavo, Kindness and Compassion, Prayer
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz There is a Hasidic story about a king who became angry and banished his son, the prince. After five years, the king regretted his actions and sent a messenger to return his son to the palace. “But I do not want him to be angry at me when he...
