by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 23, 2023 | Blog, DI
By Rabbi Elie Mischel What is the point of studying the Book of Judges? Yes, I know this sounds heretical. But it’s a fair question! We live in a modern world that appears, at first glance, to have very little in common with the stories of the Book of Judges. The...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 22, 2023 | Blog, DI
By Chaim Barzel “On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month of the second year of Darius—the month of Shevat—this word of Hashem came to the prophet Zecharya son of Berechya son of Ido.” (Zechariah 1:7) This verse from Zechariah is the very first verse in the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 3, 2023 | Blog, DI
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz High school was difficult for me. Not only was I an awkward teen but there was also a group of guys who, unbeknownst to me, had decided amongst themselves that they would make my life miserable. They would take turns playing pranks on me. At...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 15, 2022 | Blog, DI
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Countless miracles led to the establishment of the modern state of Israel, not the least of which was the resurrection of Hebrew as a spoken language. Much of the credit for this goes to one man, who died exactly one century ago. Eliezer Ben...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 23, 2022 | Blog, DI
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Today, the 29th day of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, is Sigd, a holiday unique to Beta Israel Ethiopian Jews. Celebrated 50 days after Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), Sigd is a Ge’ez/Amharic word meaning “prostration” or “worship”. ...
