Set the Time
Set the alarm on your cell phone or blackberry to alert you one hour before sunset, so that you can begin the Sabbath on time. For candle lighting times in your area, click here.
Chanukah Rube
Get yourself ready for Chanukah…enjoy this Rube Goldberg machine Chanukah candle lighting: Click here.
Bring Shabbat Light Into Your Home
As Chanukah ends, light Shabbat candles early this evening and bring the warmth of Shabbat into your home. For Shabbat candle lighting times in your area, click here.
Time to Connect
Tomorrow, when there will be no more candle lighting to look forward to, think about the steps you’d like to take going forward to connect in a more meaningful way to your Jewish…
Tetzaveh 5782-2022
“The Primacy of Jewish Education” (updated and revised from Tetzaveh 5763-2003) by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In last week’s parasha, parashat Terumah, we read of the appeal that was made…
The Torah’s Special Genetic Code
During Biblical times, our ancestors did not understand genetics, DNA codes, chromosomes and the transmission of physical attributes, as we understand them today. While the sages do note…
Two Days As One Day
How many days is Rosh Hashana? It seems the simplest of questions, since all around the world, no matter where you may be, Rosh Hashana is celebrated for two days (as opposed to the first…
O’ Chanukah
Tomorrow, when there will be no more candle lighting to look forward to, do something to mark the last day of the celebration of Chanukah.
Searching for Chametz
On Passover, Jews are commanded to get rid of all "chametz" (leaven) which may be in their possession. To confirm the effectiveness of these efforts, a special search for chametz,…
Two Days As One
How many days is Rosh Hashana? It seems the simplest of questions, since all around the world, no matter where you may be, Rosh Hashana is celebrated for two days (as opposed to the first…