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 Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 19, 2022 | Chanukah, Daniel, Messiah
Every Jew knows the basis for our system of holidays: They came and tried to kill us. They failed and disappeared in the sands of time. We’re still around. Let’s eat. Indeed, Jacob’s dream of angels ascending and descending a ladder to heaven has been interpreted as...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 13, 2022 | Purim
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Kalman was a dear friend of mine. Though I treasured his friendship, he was operating on an entirely different plane of existence. For example, one day we were walking down the street when a car pulled up. Some guy stuck his head out of a car...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 7, 2022 | Ninth of Av, Sukkot, Temple, Vayishlach
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Babies are, for the most part, born perfect. Their skin is pearly smooth and everything is pristine and in it’s right place, except for their teeth. I remember that when my children were small, I would wake them up by counting their...
by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 5, 2022 | Antisemitism, Chanukah, Chosen Nation, God, Prayer, Psalms, Tests and Trials
Hanukkah is quickly approaching and I am reminded of a joke my father, of blessed memory, used to tell every year after lighting the candles. With the doughnuts and potato pancakes arranged on the table and waiting to be eaten, my dad would announce, “They tried to...
by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 23, 2022 | Jeremiah, Sigd
Today, the 29th day of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, is Sigd, a holiday unique to Beta Israel Ethiopian Jews. Celebrated 50 days after Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), Sigd is a Ge’ez/Amharic word meaning “prostration” or “worship”. What exactly does this...
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