by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 2, 2023 | Passover, Gratitude
Albert Einstein once said, “There are only two positions you can take. Either you believe that nothing in life is a miracle, or you believe that everything in life is a miracle.” One of the favorite songs sung at the Passover seder is the song called “Dayeinu,” which...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 23, 2022 | Psalms, Faith, God, Good and Evil, Gratitude, Redemption, Temple, Tests and Trials
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz According to Jewish tradition, King David was the author of the Book of Psalms, known in Hebrew as Tehillim. Reading the Psalms, I always imagined a young David running around Israel, having adventures, suffering trials and tribulations, and...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 16, 2022 | Ki Tavo, God, Gratitude, Happiness and Joy
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz I’ve been having a rough week; my job has been making extra demands, the refrigerator is making strange noises, and each of my teens has come to me with a new and expensive gadget they cannot live without. The High Holidays begin in less than...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 18, 2022 | Eikev, God, Gratitude
What if every holiday was Thanksgiving? What if instead of the Fourth of July we celebrated Thanksgiving? Memorial Day? Nope. Another Thanksgiving. New Year’s? Thanksgiving. When Moses is about to part from the people, he reminds them of everything God did for them...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 2, 2022 | Bo, God, Gratitude, Prayer, Temple
Judaism is an ethnic identity that bears with it many religious obligations. It is widely known that Jews circumcise their sons on the eighth day, a ritual called brit milah, as mandated in the Torah. But less well-known is the commandment of pidyon haben, redeeming...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 24, 2016 | Psalms, Gratitude, Hebrew Language
Thursday, November 24 is the American holiday of Thanksgiving. Originally a day to celebrate a successful harvest, President Abraham Lincoln made it an official Federal holiday in 1863 when he declared a day for, “Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father...
