JUST ONE LETTER Just one letter was all it took to transform world history. In Exodus Chapter 1 verse 9 the ''Melech Chadash'', the new...

What is clear to me is that in order to connect past, present and future, we need to find a cause that liberates us from crippling grief...

Pharaoh never understood Moses. For Pharaoh, the eved, the slave, was the lowest form of life, mere slave labour. For Moses, the eved was...

Why is the Omer period considered a period of semi-mourning? There are obscure hints and a lot of deliberate misinformation. The midrash...

Each year I try to count the Omer, and each year I fail. That’s ok. It’s my family tradition, not managing to count the Omer. Let me...

JUST ONE LETTER Just one letter is all it took to transform world history. In Exodus Chapter 1 verse 9 the ''Melech Chadash'', the new...

LAG B’OMER I read that it was the custom in some Eastern European towns and shtetls to visit their cemetery on Lag B’Omer to clean up the...

A Japanese reflection on counting the Omer On my first visit to Japan I was amused to hear music being played when the traffic lights...

Parachat Emor – Hier encore, j'avais vingt ans, je gaspillais le temps En croyant l'arrêter Et pour le retenir, même le devancer Je n'ai...

For Friday, May 5, 2023 / Iyar 14 / Pesach Sheni Today is Iyar 14th which is also called “Pesach Sheni”. It’s now a month ago that we...