by Elad and Lital We love Israel and know best the moral dilemmas we faced. Lital and I participated in the 6th “Israeli Soldiers Tour,” speaking on campuses, high schools, synagogues and churches throughout the Northeast. This included John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) staged a “die-in” last … Read more
Moshe kempinski We are approaching the festival of Shavuot. In Jewish understanding each festival is not just a memory of what was but rather a re-experiencing the spiritual power of that day. We read the following ” Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: The appointed seasons ( Moadei ) of Hashem, … Read more
Moshe Kempinski We are approaching the festival of Shavuot. In Jewish understanding each festival is not just a memory of what was but rather a re-experiencing the spiritual power of that day. We read the following ” Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: The appointed seasons ( Moadei ) of Hashem, … Read more
Though not clearly described in the Torah as the day of the receiving of the Torah Shavuot is clearly that. We read the following in the book of Sh’mot/Exodus 19:1: “In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, that same day (bayom hazeh) came they … Read more
Moshe Kempinski We are approaching the festival of Shavuot. In Jewish understanding each festival is not just a memory of what was but rather a re-experiencing the spiritual power of that day. We read the following ” Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: The appointed seasons ( Moadei ) of Hashem, … Read more
BECOMING PRAYER(#5) — What does prayer do to us? To listen to more podcasts and leave comments, go to PodCasts. Please do not play on Shabbat. PRAYER AS A REFLEXIVE VERB
Moshe Kempinski. The torah portion of BeChukotai begins with the words; “ If you walk in my My statutes and observe My commandments and perform them, I will give your rains in their time, the Land will yield its produce, and the tree of the field will give forth its fruit.( Leviticus 26:3-4) That concept … Read more
Moshe Kempinski Nothing in this world happens by happenstance or coincidence. The lines of human history intersect the lines of destiny and purpose all the time. This occurs regardless if those witnessing these encounters between” time and purpose” are aware of it or not. Such is the nature of our existence. The world we live … Read more
