by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 9, 2023 | Tammuz, Temple
While people around the world celebrate the start of summer with swimming and adventure trips, the Jewish people are in a global state of mourning during the current month of Tammuz. Tammuz is the fourth month on the Hebrew (lunar) calendar, counting from the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 21, 2023 | Beshalach, Passover
The parting of the Red Sea, one of the most stunning and crucial incidents in the biblical story of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt, stands tall in the narrative of freedom and belief. This miraculous happening bears deep meaning. This article seeks to explore...
by Chaim Barzel | f 21, 2023 | Shavuot (Pentecost)
What do the Hebrew Bible and cheesecake have in common? If you guessed the Hebrew month of Sivan, then you’re correct! Sivan (סִיוָן) is the current name of the third month of the Hebrew calendar, adopted during the Babylonian exile. The name first appears in the Book...
by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 25, 2023 | Israel's Memorial Day, Psalms
Moving to Israel meant making some serious changes in my life. Some of my favorite snacks are not available in Israel and Root Beer has yet to catch on. But perhaps the greatest change was being drafted into the IDF. As a thirty-year-old immigrant, the IDF only wanted...
by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 18, 2023 | Holocaust Remembrance Day
Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira was the Grand Rabbi of Piaseczno, Poland before World War II. Known as the ‘Children’s Rebbe,” his yeshiva (school for Torah study) was full of children who came to learn from him. Tragically, Rabbi Shapira’s only son, his...
by Chaim Barzel | f 17, 2023 | Iyar, Kings
“On the first day of the second month, in the second year following the Exodus from the land of Egypt, Hashem spoke to Moshe in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting…” (Numbers 1:1) The second month on the Hebrew calendar is known today as Iyar (אִייָר), the...
