The 'New' High Holy Days of Israel
04/20/2023 10:56:54 AM
We are in the midst of what have been called the new High Holy Days of Israel. This last Tuesday we marked Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and next Tuesday and Wednesday are Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel’s Memorial Day and Independence Day. These days cause us to reflect on two of the most significant events in Jewish history. During the Holocaust one third of the world’s Jewish population was wiped...Read more...
Counting the Omer
04/14/2023 10:46:41 AM
I hope everyone had a meaningful Passover holiday and enjoyed some delicious hametz last night! With Passover now in the rearview mirror, we begin to turn out attention to the approaching holiday of Shavuot. Yet, oddly enough, despite specifying the date of every other major...Read more...
The Importance of Storytelling at Passover
03/30/2023 11:23:49 AM
The holiday of Passover has always been special to me. Not because my Hebrew name is Pesah Barukh, but rather because of the special childhood memories that I have of celebrating the holiday with my family. It is these memories and feelings of gratitude and love for family and tradition that I hope to recreate now, each year, for my children. Passover is the ultimate family holiday; a very special time of...Read more...
Vayikra
03/23/2023 10:17:03 AM
Today is Rosh Hodesh Nisan, the first day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, which means Passover is just two weeks away! It’s exciting, but it can also be overwhelming. There is a lot to do to prepare for Passover, on top of all of our other day-to-day responsibilities. Still, without that preparation, Passover wouldn’t be Passover. This preparation of course involves cleaning and cooking, but it also includes preparing for our seders....Read more...
Vayakehl-Pekudei
03/17/2023 02:33:17 PM
This morning at Kellman Brown Academy, the first grade students celebrated their Hag HaSiddur (a ceremony in which they received their first prayerbook). I watched with pride and tears of joy as my twins, Meyer and Gavi, along with their classmates, spoke in Hebrew, sang songs, danced, and led numerous tefillot (prayers). One of the songs they sang focused on verse we recite during...Read more...
Ki Tissa
03/09/2023 02:37:12 PM
Now that Purim is behind us, we turn our attention to Passover! Our liturgy helps us do this, as this Shabbat is Shabbat Parah. It is named for the parah adumah, or the red heifer, that we’ll read about in our special maftir Torah reading. Shabbat Parah always falls on the first Shabbat after Purim, and it represents the beginning of our preparation for Passover. The Talmud teaches that 30 days before Passover (right now we are only 25 days...Read more...
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