Teachings 9/12

Dec 21, 2022

CHANUKAH : DAY 4

In our daily prayers we remind ourselves each morning that God is “yotzer or uvorei hoshech” – both the “fashioner of light” and the...

Dec 20, 2022

CHANUKAH : DAY 3

Just as the world was created on the twenty-fifth of the month - for the world was created on the twenty-fifth of Ellul, and when people...

Dec 19, 2022

CHANUKAH : DAY 2

M Wise, who added light motifs to the 'crests' of the institutions he founded: The first creative word was,ויאמר אלהים יהי אור ויהי אור...

Dec 18, 2022

CHANUKAH : DAY 1

On Sunday evening the 18th of December we will light the first candle of Hanukkah and then we will celebrate the holiday of lights for 8...

Sep 23, 2022

28th Elul -Gifts from our friends

Gifts from our Friend ודודי – ומתנות The month of Elul is characterized by the “king in the field” metaphor: we can easily address our...

Sep 22, 2022

27th Elul : Stepping forward is the motto

The new year hides in itself a striving for relationships. The Hebrew letters with which the year 5783 are written are ת-ש-פ-ג. The word...

Sep 21, 2022

26th Elul -Yizkor - we remember and God remembers

TALES FROM THE RABBI’S DESK. YIZKOR. I like Yizkor. That time in the service when we remember those who once lived - and who no longer...

Sep 20, 2022

25th Elul :When we help the poor we help ourselves

When we help the poor, we help ourselves לי = לאביונים One day, a Rabbi announced an event under the infamous name "Shabbat for the...

Sep 19, 2022

24th Elul: All the world is a Narrow Bridge...

RABBI NACHMAN As the shofar announced the end of Yom Kippur last year who could have predicted the state of the world a year later as we...

Sep 19, 2022

23rd Elul Days Are Scrolls, Write on them what you want to be remembered

Days are scrolls, write on them what you want to be remembered Bachya ibn Pakudah (c1050 – 1120) In one of the great cartoons produced by...