Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Galilee Diary: Syzygy

Rabbi Marc J. Rosenstein

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and stars that You set in place, what is man that You have been mindful of him, mortal man that You have taken note of him?  -Psalms 8:4-5

On June 15th, the full moon of mid-Sivan, a full eclipse of

Galilee Diary: Remember Amalek

Rabbi Marc J. Rosenstein
So, is our struggle against Amalek the eternal war of annihilation between Israel and its physical enemies - is every enemy an heir of Amalek whom we are commanded utterly to destroy - or is our struggle against the Amalek within, against the tendency to forget our own moralscruples when we attain power?