Shavuos – Stuff Your Face
Chanuka – Gimme a Break
Purim and the Q Word
Wipe Your Slate Clean – Yom Kippur
Go ahead, ask someone. Ask them what comes to mind when thinkng about the holiday of Yom Kippur. For starters, many will probably question you “what kind of holiday is this?” A fast day, most certainly! A holy, spiritual day, yes. But a holiday? NO way! Holidays are about eating delicious meals with family and friends, getting […]
Holding Onto Inspiration – Parshas Vayelech/Yom Kippur
In this week’s Torah portion, Vayelech, Moshe once again, exhorts the Jewish People before he dies, to adhere to the Torah’s commandments. Moshe introduces the final two commandments of the Torah: each person should write his own Torah scroll, and Hakhel. The Hakhel ceremony takes place every seven years, in the year following Shemitta. All […]
Rosh Hashana
The Rosh Hashanah holiday is a holiday that tugs at the heart of every Jew. Regardless of denomination, most Jews find themselves in the synagogue for some part of the Rosh Hashanah day. Have you ever seen a synagogue that isn’t full to capacity on Rosh Hashanah? A Jew’s conscience is aroused on this day. […]
Let Freedom Ring – Passover
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. (“The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus, mounted on the Statue of Liberty). We all yearn to breathe free, to be free. But do we really know what freedom means? Ask somebody the meaning of freedom and you will usually get an answer […]
