In a few nights we will participate in one of Judaism’s most ancient ceremonies, and certainly one of the year’s most treasured events. We sit around a table and conduct a Seder – the annual recitation of the story of Israel’s redemption from Egypt. Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook, Israel’s first Chief Rabbi, writes that that exodus had a two-fold […]
Read morePrinted in the Jerusalem Post Many events, despite their joy and festivity, may also have bittersweet shadows lurking behind them. It is customary at every Jewish wedding, that under the huppa, or wedding canopy, the groom recites the words from Psalms 137:5-6: “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its cunning. Let my tongue cleave to […]
Read moreAdar Bet 26, 5768, 4/2/2008 Little terrorists-in-training You can imagine what went through the father’s head: Yes, or No – Clobber him, or, Don’t do it.You may have seen the report from Hebron, a couple of days ago about an Arab youth who stole a woman’s hat, across from Ma’arat HaMachpela. A you may, or may not know, many religiously observant […]
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