by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 30, 2022 | Community, Education, Happiness and Joy, Kindness and Compassion, Leadership, Responsibility, Vayeitzei
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Israel just held its fifth election in three years. For a while now, Israel has been struggling to find a leader who can form and maintain a coalition made up of different parties, each with their own interests and priorities. These parties...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 27, 2022 | Bible Study
I was complaining to a friend that I had never traveled and never seen the amazing sites around the world. He suggested a road trip to Las Vegas. ‘“I work hard for my money and hate gambling,” I said. “Not for the gambling,” he responded. “We can see the pyramid, the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 19, 2022 | Parenting, Toldot
Father’s Day is a delightful blend of a secular and religious holiday, combining consumerism with the Biblical mandate to “Honor thy father.” But is it artificially amplified? Are fathers really that important? Mothers are clearly necessary to raise a baby, but the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 17, 2021 | Messiah
Before dying, Jacob blesses his sons in a burst of prophetic vision, blessing Judah as the father of the Davidic dynasty by saying, “The scepter shall not depart from Yehuda, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet; So that tribute shall come to him And the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 16, 2021 | Vayechi
Before he leaves the world, Jacob blesses his sons (Genesis 49). Similarly, Moses also blesses the tribes before he dies (Deuteronomy 33). But the two sets of blessings are very different. Not all of Jacob’s blessings are positive. It is perhaps for this reason that...
