Reading the Haggadah with New Eyes Each Year
By Rabbi Ahuva Zaches
Congregation Or Ami
On the 15th of April, many of us will be sitting around Seder tables and recounting one of the...
When was your last Spiritual?
By Rabbi Yossel Kranz
Chabad of Virginia
I recently had my annual physical. Aside from the masks, it was the usual checkup—height, weight, blood pressure, cholesterol,...
Passover 2021 – Rabbi Reflections Congregation Or Ami
Passover and the One Year COVID-19 Pandemic Anniversary
Rabbi Ahuva Zaches
Earlier this week, a teacher was checking in with her young students before beginning their...
Remember Jewish Americans who served gallantly in the Armed Forces
By Rabbi Dennis Beck-Berman
Congregation Brith Achim
This Veterans Day let us remember those Jewish Americans who gallantly served and defended our country.
Jewish men and women...
Hanukkah: Our individual flames contribute to illuminating our whole world
By Rabbi Michael Knopf
There is something special about the first night of Hanukkah, when only one candle is lit. To some, the illumination of...
Passover 2021 – Rabbi Reflections Chabad Community Synagogue
Passover, the joyous Jewish festival of freedom, marks our ancestors’ liberation from Egyptian bondage and the birth of our nationhood and special relationship with...
Time for a Booster
By Rabbi Yossel Kranz
Israel is currently administering a third COVID booster shot to millions of citizens over the age of 50, and to those...
Rabbi Reflections: ‘Have we been truly living?’
Enjoyment of the beauties of nature, . . . flower-decorated meadows, majestic mountains, flowing rivers — all these are essential to the spiritual development of even the...
On Drug Legalization
By Rabbi Patrick Beaulier, Kehillah
I have family members and friends who have struggled with addiction. I have had the honor of sitting with people...
MOMENTS IN JEWISH TIME IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL
Editor’s Note: The following are a small selection of MOMENTS IN JEWISH TIME IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL By Rabbi Shlomo Pereira, Director of...