An Omer Meditation
New Rituals for your seder
Every spring the celebration of Pesach enters the homes of Jews around the world.
Galilee Diary: Pesach in the Galilee
The mountainsides were festooned with multicolored wild flowers. The Bedouin shepherds led their flocks to graze along the lush valleys.
Galilee Diary: The season of our liberation
And when you enter the land that the Lord will give you, as He has promised, you shall observe this rite.
Galilee Diary: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke
…So I know the sea was not split in vain Deserts not crossed in vain – If at the end of the story stand Daddy and the kid Looking forward and knowing their turn will come. -from "The Kid of the Haggadah" by Nathan Alterman (trans. Arthur Waskow and Judy Spelman)
Galilee Diary: Spring festival
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
Making Meaning of Tisha B’Av Through the Lens of Literature
When you have come into the land
that the Eternal your God is giving to you as a heritage,
and you have possessed it and settled there,
you shall take from among all the first fruits of the ground
that you bring forth from your land-
Tishah B'Av: Words and Visions
Rabbi Oren Hayon teaches: "Reading Deuteronomy is a very different experience from reading the rest of Torah.
The Modern Day Value of Tishah B'Av
During the summer months the Torah's calendar contains no holidays save the weekly blessing of Shabbat. However, post biblical historical realities bring us a most significant commemoration on Tishah B'Av, the Ninth of Av.
Tishah B’Av: Reflections from a Reform Jew
The ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av has come to symbolize a day of tragedy for the Jewish people.