by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 17, 2023 | Psalms, Redemption
In yeshiva (school for Torah study), we spent an inordinate amount of time studying the laws of monetary exchanges and damages. The rabbi told us it was because the intricacies of those laws made a person smarter. That may have been true but it didn’t seem to help me...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 30, 2023 | Passover, Redemption
By Rabbi Elie Mischel Redemption! Everyone who truly believes in the Bible yearns for the day when this world will be redeemed. But what, really, are we yearning for? Today, the final day of Passover outside of Israel, we read Isaiah’s extraordinary words: “The wolf...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 26, 2023 | Redemption, Ruth
By Rabbi Tuly Weisz The Book of Ruth is a story of redemption. By marrying Ruth, Boaz redeems her and her former husband by carrying on his family name, and also redeems the property that belonged to Elimelech and his family. However, the Book of Ruth is not only...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 21, 2023 | Redemption, Ruth
By Rabbi Elie Mischel Though the Book of Ruth is a personal story describing tragic and heroic individuals, it is a personal story with national implications. The extraordinary kindness that Ruth, Boaz and Naomi show to one another leads to the union of Ruth and Boaz...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 1, 2023 | Redemption, Temple
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz My father, of blessed memory, was a huge fan of World War II movies. He loved movies that were historically accurate and saved his harshest criticism for movies that were not. Before the days of Netflix, we would scour the television...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 28, 2023 | Faith, God, Judges, Prayer, Redemption
By Rabbi Elie Mischel Dr. Antoine Deliege, the Chief of Child Protection at UNICEF Tunisia, writes that the most gut-wrenching sound he has ever heard is silence in an orphanage. “I have always been struck when I walked in the babies’ room by the silence that reigns...
