Structure of Prayer – Rosh Hashana — By Ben
A couple of weeks ago, I started going through the nuts and bolts of the Shemoneh Esrei. I mainly focused on the opening (1-3) and closing (17-19) sets of prayers […]
A couple of weeks ago, I started going through the nuts and bolts of the Shemoneh Esrei. I mainly focused on the opening (1-3) and closing (17-19) sets of prayers […]
The New Year is upon us… 5777 is around the corner… It is time to take stock of the things we did and did not do. A scary proposition for […]
The month preceding Rosh Hashana is Elul. The rabbis say that the name Elul is an acronym for Ani l’dodi, u’dodi li or I am for my beloved, and my […]
Regular readers of this post know that there are two things that feed my soul… that enliven my spirituality… Judaism and Music. Before my trip to Israel I would have […]
Now that we’re in the month of Elul, Rosh Hashana is just around the corner. This time last year I did a blog post outlining the core of the prayer […]
Here is the full title of this piece: “Psalm Reading… Not Palm Reading – And Age Is So Much More Than A Number!” My good friend and holy brother Salvador […]
In an election year, when you come across anything in Torah that speaks about government and rulers, it’s hard not to take special notice. And this week’s Torah portion has […]
Originally I was going to write about something else entirely this week, but after reading the tremendous guest post by Barbara Heller from yesterday, I decided to piggy back off […]
I once heard a great Jewish leader, Stuie Wax say, “If you wanna understand what is going on in the world for the week just look to the Parsha.” It […]