What are We Waiting for?

What are We Waiting for?

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...
Who Needs the End of Passover?

Who Needs the End of Passover?

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...
Embracing Your Inner Child

Embracing Your Inner Child

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...
A Sacred Love Story

A Sacred Love Story

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...