Lech Lecha – A Sentence of Slavery — By Ben
Lech Lecha is particularly special to me because it was my bar mitzvah parsha. Granted I remember almost nothing save for the first line (insert sing-songy Vi-ya-heee Avraham). Sadly, upon […]
Judaism As A Chinese Menu… Can We Really Pick And Choose And Make Up Our Own Combo Platter? – By Marc
I was born in New York City and grew up in Jersey, and I’m Jewish, which means at least two things… I know great pizza and great Chinese food! That’s […]
Noach – Was Noah such a good man? — By Ben
The story of Noah opens with the following: These are the generations of Noah, Noah was a righteous man he was perfect in his generations; Noah walked with God. Bereishis […]
What I Learned In The Sukkah – By Marc
So here we go again… Sukkah… Succah… Chanukkah… Hanukah… I’m going with sukkah… and luckily I was able to spend some time in four of them. Thanks to Howard, Jonah, […]
Bereishis – The Language of Temptation –By Ben
After a slew of high holidays (starting Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Succot, Hoshana Rabba, Shimini Azteres) the season finally ends with Simchat Torah. If you are unfamiliar with the holiday, it […]
The Pillars Of Judaism… Three Holidays To Fully Support Our Spiritual Needs – By Marc
Three legs are all it takes to have balance… Yes, we can ride a bike on two wheels… Or some of us on only one. And perhaps we can even […]
The Yom Kippur Blog Post — By Ben
Yom Kippur. The day of atonement. The day where the Jews get all their sins wiped away. All you have to do is two things: suffer fasting for 25 hours […]
The Power Of Shul And Praying In And With A Community – By Marc
Joni Mitchell said it best: “Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got ‘Til it’s gone.” No, they haven’t paved paradise and put up a […]
Choosing Life and the Book of Life. High Holidays Part 3 — By Ben
To finish off my series on Rosh Hashana, I wanted to put front and center the seemingly ominous threat made to every Jew to bolster attendance at High Holiday services. Supposedly, […]
Focus, Forgive And Forge Ahead – How To Prepare For The Jewish New Year — by Marc
“A dream can be dreamed A life can be lived to its fullest Miracles can happen Every single day.” I had mentioned in my last post, that we are given […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 