Continuing the discussion I began in my last post, on Friday night I discussed some more of the lessons the Hamantaschen have taught me this Purim. Hope you enjoy the two clips below. What I Learned From the Hamantaschen, Pt. 1 What I Learned From the Hamantaschen, Pt. 2
As you know, my kids and I have spent lots of time this week baking hamantaschen for our Ramat Shalom family. From scratch, we made over 2,000 hamantaschen!…
My notes from Friday’s Dvar Torah (19 February). What does it mean to be a “Jew”? To answer this we must start with another question? Who was the…
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The Jewish month of Adar began earlier this week! This means that Purim is just days away and, therefore, it is time to be surrounded by joy. Can’t…
Jews need each other. We need a minyan (10 people) in order to pray. Traditionally, in order to study Torah, we need a partner. We can’t chant Torah…
Last Shabbat, at our Friday night service, we had a very interesting discussion about the fact that Moses married outside of the tribe of Israel. His wife, Tziporrah,…
My discussion from Friday night, February 5th – based upon Parashat Yitro (Exodus 18.1-20.23) and Misrash, ancient Jewish interpretations of the Torah. May we all learn from Moses’…
I shared the following with the members of Ramat Shalom this week: In no time at all, we will be celebrating one of the most joyful times in…
Tonight we celebrate the holiday of Tu B’Shevat. Literally, Tu B’Shevat means the 15th day of the month of Shevat. This day has been deemed the “New Year…
Great information on this Kabbalistic celebration of the trees: http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Tu_Bishvat.shtml