admin | June 2, 2022
By Rabbi Yossy Goldman Afew years ago, I was chairing a meeting of rabbis in Johannesburg, and our distinguished guest speaker was the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. He began by inquiring what was the single most frequently asked question of rabbis
admin | May 22, 2022
The posuk describes the pursuit of Torah study as being, Yikara hi mipninim More precious than pearls. Homiletically, the Gemara interprets this posuk to mean, Mkohein godol hanichnas lifnei ulifnim, that the study of Torah is more precious than the High Priest who enters the Holy of Holies. This is an extraordinary statement
admin | May 22, 2022
We recite a number of blessings each morning to thank G-d for the daily renewal of the world as well as for our senses and faculties.
admin | May 22, 2022
May 19, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen Read on for article When you come to the land that I am giving you, the land must be given a rest period, a Shabbat to God. From this, the law of the Seventh Year Release, theShmitah, sounds much like medieval crop rotation and good agricultural practice. However, calling it a God-like rest adds a spiritual dimension in addition to the physical.
admin | May 18, 2022
Jewish tradition teaches us that being part of a kehillaha communityrequires thoughtful responsibilities and actions. All Jews are responsible for one another (Babylonian Talmud, Shevuot 39a). The wicked son [at the Passover Seder is so designated because he] excludes himself from the community (Mekhilta commenting on Exodus 13:8).
admin | May 18, 2022
By Peter C. Herman When the San Diego Community College District announced that Alice Walker would be the keynote speaker for the new chancellors installation, immediate protests followed. Various Jewish organizations criticized the invitation and the San Diego Union-Tribune reported on the controversy.
admin | May 18, 2022
Years ago, something went wrong late in a friends much-wanted pregnancy. If the fetus continued to grow, it could kill her or damage her ability to have future children.
admin | May 18, 2022
This past Saturday, an 18-year-old white man went on a murderous rampage in a market in Buffalo, motivated by hatred towards blacks and others. Then, on Sunday, a Chinese man entered a Presbyterian church and killed one and wounded others, motivated by his hatred of Taiwan. And last month, a black man shot and injured 29 subway riders in New York City, motivated by racial hatred as well
admin | May 18, 2022
The Torah commands that every seventh year be declared a sabbatical year, during which the Holy Land must be left fallow and all loans are to be considered remitted. This year 5782 is a sabbatical year, so I thought it would be appropriate to discuss two Hebrew terms used to refer to the sabbatical year: shemittah and sheviit. This first essay focuses on the term shemittah (slipping away) and explores various Hebrew words which appear to be synonymous with that term.
admin | May 18, 2022
By Rabbi David Etengoff The prohibition of charging a fellow indigent Jew interest on a loan is one of the many subjects addressed in our parasha, Behar. While this topic analyzed and expanded upon throughout Rabbinic thought, on the peshat-level, our pasukim are quite clear: one may not charge interest on a loan to a fellow Jew in order for your brother [to] live with you without additional financial stress
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