by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 30, 2023 | Passover, Redemption
By Rabbi Elie Mischel Redemption! Everyone who truly believes in the Bible yearns for the day when this world will be redeemed. But what, really, are we yearning for? Today, the final day of Passover outside of Israel, we read Isaiah’s extraordinary words: “The wolf...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 29, 2023 | Passover, Messiah
By Rabbi Elie Mischel Growing up, I waited all year long for the first night of Passover, when we, like Jewish families all over the world, would celebrate the magical seder night. Since my parents did all the cooking and hard work to prepare for the seder, the first...
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 | Song of Songs, Repentance
By Dina Cohn A man who had been brought to England on the Kindertransport, a rescue mission that saved Jewish children from Nazi Germany, once recounted a story that happened happened at the orphanage where he grew up on an Israeli radio station. One day, a thrilling...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 26, 2023 | Ruth, Leadership
By Rabbi Tuly Weisz According to the Talmudic sage Rabbi Zeira, the Book of Ruth was included in Hebrew scripture in order “To teach us the greatness of the reward for acts of lovingkindness.” However, there is another opinion that explains the need for this...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 26, 2023 | Ruth, Redemption
By Rabbi Tuly Weisz The Book of Ruth is a story of redemption. By marrying Ruth, Boaz redeems her and her former husband by carrying on his family name, and also redeems the property that belonged to Elimelech and his family. However, the Book of Ruth is not only...
