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Some time ago I read a wonderful sermon by Rabbi Morris Adler, (may his memory be for a blessing.) In it, he quoted an interview he had read with a person who had just walked across America. Stationed in New York reporters asked this person what was the thing that had bothered him most during Continue Reading »
□ 1 “…And you shall teach them diligently unto your children…” Deuteronomy 6:7 Education is the core of Jewish continuity. As a family we commit ourselves to educate our children and as Temple Beth El we commit ourselves to support our system of educational initiatives. □ 2 “…you shall open your hand…” Deuteronomy 15:8 Commitment Continue Reading »
During the weeks between Pesach and Shavuot, we follow a time –honored Jewish practice of studying Pirke Avot, the Ethics of the Fathers, works of wisdom about life and morality, offered by the Sages of old. One of them, Ben Zoma, analyzed the qualities which comprise happiness. His definition speaks to modern people with as Continue Reading »
The observance of Pesach involves an element, which is applicable not only to this festival, but to Jewish life generally and, indeed, to the nature of human existence. Jewish law prohibits the use of bread and leaven products during Passover. The regulations are strict, you can check them out on our website; in essence, the Continue Reading »
One of Jewish tradition’s inventions of sheer genius is the Minyan, the idea that the prayers change when we recite them with a congregation and that we change when we pray in the presence of others. At the heart of our synagogue is the Daily Minyan. The prayer book teaches: “Prayer cannot bring water to Continue Reading »
The Mishnah Peah, found in our Siddurim in the morning “preliminary service” section begins with the following statement: “These are the commandments for which no fixed measure is imposed: leaving the corner of the field for the poor, the gift of the firs fruits, the pilgrimage offering at the sanctuary on the three festivals, deeds Continue Reading »
He was born a common man but lived an uncommon life. From early childhood he was special, perhaps even favored. Moses, whose name means, according to the biblical narrator, “to draw out” was rescued from the river by Pharaoh’s daughter. He would become a prophet and a leader, eventually “drawing out” the Israelites from their Continue Reading »
The Talmud explains the holiday of Hanukkah as follows: On the 25th of Kislev, the Maccabees entered the Holy Temple of Jerusalem. They discovered that the Greeks had defiled all of the oil for sacred use, they searched and found only one cruse of oil with the seal of the High Priest, which contained sufficient Continue Reading »
Why do some people hate? Why have we, Jews, been the traditional target of such hatred? What can we do in our lives to respond to these attacks? In response to why some people hate us, I can only say two things: The first is that to find a rational explanation that can help us Continue Reading »
From generation to generation, in the fogs of London, the streets of Holland, and the trains of Manhattan, knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese was piously handed down among Jews. Ladino, as it was known, a mixture of several languages, Hebrew and old Spanish, spoken by the descendants of the exiles of 1492 was regarded as Continue Reading »
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