admin | November 27, 2021
As we enter the holiday season, lets realize that there are neighbors, young and elder, whose weeks ahead are not brimming with joy. For whatever reason, in whatever circumstance, we know that people in need can be helped if we choose to do so. As the Talmud asks of us: If not you, who
admin | November 27, 2021
Parashat Vayeshev begins the Joseph cycle, the longest narrative in the book of Genesis. A series of unfortunate events befall Joseph that lead to his being sold into slavery and then imprisoned.
admin | November 27, 2021
Rabbi Michael Shields| Your Turn Whenever one of the great sages of Judaism, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk, would replace a pair of worn-out shoes, he would neatly wrap up the old ones in newspaper before placing them in the trash and he would declare: "How can I simply toss away such a fine pair of shoes that have served me so well these past years!?" Perhaps, some of us had the same affinity and sense of gratitude for our first car, no matter how much a klunker it was. The Hebrew term for gratitude is Hakarat Hatov, which means, literally, "recognizing the good." Sometimes those trusty, well-trodden shoes are tossed casually to the side, not recognized for the good they brought to our life
admin | November 27, 2021
WHEN Henry (Chaim) Granek passed away in October 2020, his legacy could have left with him.
admin | November 27, 2021
Discussed in this essay: A Fortress in Brooklyn, by Nathaniel Deutsch and Michael Casper.
admin | November 27, 2021
Once upon a time, a teacher could walk into a classroom, begin to speak, write on the board and hold the students in the palm of his hand. Never miss the best stories and events for families, children and teens! Get JewishBoston Plus Kids. Those days are past
admin | November 27, 2021
Thousands of Orthodox Jews buy premium olive oil ahead of Hanukah because very observant Israelis increasingly like to use olive oil in their Hanukkah candelabras, instead of wax candles, because of its significance in the Hanukah story. Hanukah, which this year begins on Sunday evening, is a celebration of how the Maccabees, after defeating the Syrian Greeks, were able to light the two menorahs in the temple in Jerusalem for eight days with a one-day supply of olive oil.
admin | November 27, 2021
One of humanitys most ancient tensions is the choice between our duty to God and ensuring that our behavior towards others is the paradigm of perfection. Historically, morality and religion were portrayed as synonymous because if God wants it, it must be moral but there are numerous instances where the gulf between ones duty to God and to fellow man is so wide that trying to reconcile the two is, for all intents and purposes, impossible. Frequently, those who consider themselves religious allow their God-devotion to overshadow human compassion, believing that faith justifies oppressing the unfaithful.
admin | November 12, 2021
Thank you, dear God, for this good life, and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain.
admin | November 12, 2021
It is easy to be swept up by the emotional power of the first narrative in our Torah reading.
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