When we sit down to the Seder this evening, we will be filled with holiday joy and celebration. We will retell and even relive the miraculous Exodus G-d coordinated for our ancestors beginning with the Ten Plagues and concluding with crossing of the Red Sea. We focus appropriately on G-d and…
When we sit down to the Seder this evening, we will be filled with holiday joy and celebration. We will retell and even relive the miraculous Exodus G-d coordinated for our ancestors beginning with the Ten Plagues and concluding with crossing of the Red Sea. We focus appropriately on G-d and…
How do you start your day? What is your morning ritual? For some it’s brushing your teeth and the morning shower right away, for others it’s the first morning cup of coffee, and for many, it’s morning prayers.
This week’s Parsha, Tzav, begins with the first holy morning ritual in …
As we begin the book of Vayikra/ Leviticus, we read of a myriad of sacrificial offerings that were employed by the Israelite priests in the Tabernacle and later in the temples in Jerusalem. There were several types of animals and several types of sacrifices, but there is a constant throughou…
Whether as a therapeutic tool or used when playing a fun family game, we all utilize associations. I say cat, you say dog; I say sun, you say moon. It’s the way our minds work. The Torah also advances associations. One that is front and center in Parshat Vayakhel is the association between…
