by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 30, 2023 | Shemot, Passover, Parenting
The debate over the most effective parenting styles has been ongoing for decades, with some parents advocating for tough love while others opting for a more nurturing approach. Amy Chua, also known as the Tiger Mom, famously contrasted the Chinese approach to raising...
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 29, 2023 | Passover
By Rabbi Elie Mischel Have you ever walked with a child and had the following experience? You are on the way to school, or it is time to leave the park and go home. But whereas you are walking briskly, conscious of the time and where you have to be next, your...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 28, 2023 | Song of Songs, Passover
Song of Songs, read on the holiday of Passover, is written as a love story between a woman and her beloved. It describes a romantic relationship, often using very sensual language. At first glance, it seems like such a book has no place among the other books of the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 22, 2023 | Ruth, Shavuot (Pentecost)
By Rabbi Tuly Weisz Every year, the Jewish people read the Book of Ruth on the holiday of Shavuot (Pentecost), which falls out towards the end of May or early June. Shavuot is one of the three central pilgrimage festivals, and is the day when the Jewish people...
