by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 28, 2023 | Psalms, Faith
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz The story is told of a righteous Jew who decides that he doesn’t want to be poor any longer. He goes out to a mountaintop and prays to God. “God, what is a thousand years to you?” he calls out. A booming voice answers, “A thousand years is...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 28, 2023 | Judges, Faith, God, Prayer, Redemption
By Rabbi Elie Mischel Dr. Antoine Deliege, the Chief of Child Protection at UNICEF Tunisia, writes that the most gut-wrenching sound he has ever heard is silence in an orphanage. “I have always been struck when I walked in the babies’ room by the silence that reigns...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 7, 2023 | Psalms, Faith, God, Israel, Miracles, Tests and Trials
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz King David started life as a shepherd but he came from a military family. I imagine his brothers coming home on leave, sitting at the dinner table, telling war stories to their red-headed little brother. Of course, David’s rise to the throne...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 15, 2023 | Va'eira, Proverbs, Faith, Fear of God
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz “Fear of God is the beginning of knowledge and understanding.” There are several sources for this piece of wisdom. King Solomon, the wisest of the wise, said it in Proverb (1:7). Solomon clearly learned this important maxim from...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 1, 2023 | Psalms, Faith, God, Prayer
By Rabbi Avraham Norin David does not give any indication as to when he composed Psalm 31. Nonetheless, it seems clear that he wrote it while running from an enemy. The commentators assume that it was written as David was fleeing from Saul, after being betrayed by the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 8, 2022 | Psalms, Faith, God
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz My ten-year-old son grew up on the Tolkien trilogy. So I guess I should not have been surprised when we got a flat tire and, as we stood by the side of the road, my son looked up to the sky and asked, “Where are the eagles of Manwë to carry...
