by Chaim Barzel | f 19, 2022 | Chanukah, Faith, Redemption, Temple, Tenth of Tevet, Tevet
The Month of Tevet The Hebrew month of Tevet is the tenth month of the Hebrew year. The name Tevet (טֵבֵת) is the Babylonian name of the month, which the Jews began to use during the Babylonian exile. Tevet, which generally overlaps with the Gregorian solar months of...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 8, 2022 | Faith, God, Psalms
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz My ten-year-old son grew up on the Tolkien trilogy. So I guess I should not have been surprised when we got a flat tire and, as we stood by the side of the road, my son looked up to the sky and asked, “Where are the eagles of Manwë to carry...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 29, 2022 | Faith, God, Psalms
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz I think I am blessed that I grew up before the internet took over the world. I would hate for some social media program to remind me of the foolish ideas I had when I was young every time I logged on. But in Psalm 16, David himself reflects...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 22, 2022 | Faith, Psalms
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Because I have spent a lot of time walking the land of Israel, when I read Psalms I generally think about how they were composed by a young, redheaded shepherd, wandering the hills of Judea just as I have done. I often forget that David was...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 9, 2022 | Covenant, Faith, Fear of God, Freedom, God, Hebrew Language, Humility, Psalms, Responsibility
By Rabbi Avi Baumol These two verses form the bridge between the two halves of Psalm 8. In the first verse, King David asks “what is man that you have been mindful of him?” implying that Man is nothing at all. In the second verse, David continues...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 4, 2022 | Faith, God, Gratitude, Lech Lecha
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, known as the “Singing Rabbi”, was a rabbi and composer. Most of the popular tunes sung in synagogues today were composed by him. He also revitalized the study of Hassidut. Active in the 60s, most of his followers were...
