Yom Kippur and the journey of the heart By Rabbi Jeffrey B Kamins A prayer of Moshe, the man of God. “Adonai, you have been our refuge in every generation. Before the mountains came into being, and before You brought forth the earth and the world, from eternity to eternity, you are everlasting God. You […]
Recently, I discovered an organisation called “Beit Toratah” “The House of Her Torah:” a group of women who are re-writing the Tanach, reversing the genders of all the different characters in order to “shed a clear light on the deeply patriarchal framework we live in…(they) codify women’s experiences in the sacred and enable divine inspiration […]
This week in our Torah portion, we begin the story of Joseph, the longest single narrative in the Torah. We follow him from the impetuousness of his youth to his adulthood, we walk with him along the path of his life with its ups and downs, its highs and lows. We are privilege to the […]
This week we read the infamous story of the golden calf. Moses is on the mountain with God, inscribing the tablets with the law and the children of Israel are left to fend for themselves. During the time Moses is gone, they construct an idol of gold which they proceed to worship with great fervor. […]
I was re-reading a wonderful book by Rachel Naomi Remen called “My Grandfather’s blessings” and in it she tells the story of a woman who was what we would describe as a “neat freak” everything in her home had to be perfect: clean, ordered, polished, shining. But then she contracted cancer, the treatments left her […]
This week we read a double portion in our Torah: Tazriah and Metzorah which deals with plagues and afflictions which infect people, houses and objects. When the disease is located, the person or object is separated from the community, the house closed up, until the disease has passed and the infection is cured. Even though […]
This week we read a double portion in our Torah: Tazriah and Metzorah which deals with plagues and afflictions which infect people, houses and objects. When the disease is located, the person or object is separated from the community, the house closed up, until the disease has passed and the infection is cured. Even though […]
