In honor of Shabbat Shirah and Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, I have put together the video above. This Shabbat, Shabbat Shirah (Shabbat of Song), we read Mi…
The Talmud says: “Teach your tongue to say: I do not know. If you don’t, you will become entangled in a web of deceit.” (Berakhot 4a) At the foundation of…
Last Friday, I got to witness something so beautiful. We had grandparent’s Shabbat in our Early Childhood Center. As I looked out at the children, who were so…
There are a reported 15,166,200 Jews on the face of the earth. While this might seem like an impressive number, we all know that we Jews make up a tiny…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmBibh16vUQ&t=4s As events at home and abroad, including the court cases that are making headlines, the attack in Wisconsin and the murder of Eli Kay z”l in Jerusalem,…
A glimpse of the damage of KristallnachtUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The words of Sofoni Herz, an educator at the Jewish orphanage in Dinslaken, Germany, written on…
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Satanov (1749–1826) was a highly respected teacher of Mussar – the Jewish movement that focused on teaching people how to live ethical, moral lives. As part of…
According to Judaism, we each possess the wings of eagles. Have you discovered yours? Are you using them to soar to great heights?Every week, in addition to reading a section from the Torah on Shabbat, we read…
As we approach Halloween, some of you might want to be on the lookout for spooky stuff. Therefore, I thought I’d share directions contained in the Talmud that teach folks how to find…
Our son, Jonah, had a short break from college last weekend. We were so excited to greet him at the airport, wrap our arms around him and smother him with love after…
