Sefirat HaOmer – Rising to New Levels In this week’s Torah reading, Parshat Emor, we are instructed to count the Omer (Sefirat HaOmer). Every day, beginning with the second day […]
Shabbat and Holidays
The Spiritual Liberation of Pesach On Pesach (Passover), we celebrate our liberation from the oppression we suffered in Egypt, as we say in the holiday prayers, Pesach is the time […]
Marie Antoinette and Pesach Delicacies: A Comparison When told that the French peasants had no bread to eat, Marie Antoinette is reputed to have said, “Let them eat cake.” Intended […]
Happy Birthday to the Jewish People! Yes, did you know? Pesach is coming, and it’s our birthday! That is when we became a nation, over three thousand years ago. And […]
Pesach may be the most well-known chag; it is the one we couldn’t be living without. Our slavery in Egypt was necessary for our ever-adapting nation to have a worldly […]
These days, it seems everyone with a video camera (or phone) can become an expert and begin sharing their wisdom with the world. This is a precursor to the apocalypse. […]
It was almost time to bentsch licht on the first night of Pesach. The table was set with all their most beautiful china and there in the middle, in its […]
All of the Torah is holy, but according to our Sages, the Song of Songs (Shir HaShirim) is the Holiest of Holies. We read this book on Pesach, say our […]
We Searched Within: Biur Chometz Poem by Bracha Goetz We searched within ourselves, Scouring every room, For the scorching desires, Only fire can consume. Self-destructive ways burn, Every one of […]
The Delivery Table: Leil Seder Poem by Bracha Goetz Are we ready and able. For the delivery table? There will be labor pains, Wine forms blood in new veins. We’ll […]
