This D’var Torah by LMKehilah’s Rabbi Jessica Shimberg appears in the September 20th Edition of Columbus Jewish News. Throughout the year, Torah and liturgy repeatedly remind us that Jewish life is a dance between particularity and universality — between mitzvot … Continue reading
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We enter Shabbat this week, having completed the first six days of the month of Elul. The Jewish calendar, with its weekly, monthly (or moon-thly, as we link our cycles to the lunar orbit in relation to the Earth and … Continue reading
D’var Torah offered by Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit “Re’eh/See this day, I set before you both blessing and curse … for you are about to cross the Yarden/Jordan.” In Parshat Re’eh, the Torah narrative, and Moshe’s discourse with our ancestors, … Continue reading
For Jews, this week marks the final week of counting the Omer, a mitzvah d’oraita (from Torah as distinct from rabbinic mitzvot) rooted in Judaism’s foundational agrarian civilization (counting from barley to wheat harvest). At the end of this week (seven weeks … Continue reading
This week, just after we closed Shabbat, we entered the 30th day of the month of Nisan (ניסן) – the first of a two-day Rosh Chodesh (ראש חודש) to welcome the month of Iyar (אייר) – and the week of Tiferet/Beauty … Continue reading
Mi Shebeirach Avoteinu v’Imoteinu ~ May God who blessed our fathers: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and our mothers: Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, and Rachel, and our warriors: Joshua, David, Devorah, and Yael, bless the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces, and all … Continue reading
Join Rabbi Jessica Shimberg this Shabbat (April 7th), the 8th and final day of Passover and 7th day of the Omer*. We will explore a bit of the morning liturgy, the mystical qualities associated with counting the Omer, and the … Continue reading
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Each year, we begin the celebration of Chanukah, our “Festival of Light,” late in the Hebrew month of Kislev. Despite the fact that Chanukah hops anywhere from late November to late December on the Gregorian calendar (resulting in “Thanksgivukah” several … Continue reading
This Shabbat (Dec. 8-9) precedes both International Human Rights Day (Dec. 10) and Chanukah (beginning Tuesday, Dec. 12). To honor this global holiday, Jewishly, Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb offers this d’var Torah on the week’s Torah portion, Parashat Vayeshev, by viewing the … Continue reading
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This post was inspired by the first (5776), second (5777) and third (5778) editions of MISAVIV Hebrew Circular Calendar by deuteronomy press. You can purchase this beautiful 5778 calendar from the Little Minyan Kehillah; contact littleminyan@ littleminyan.org for more information. The … Continue reading
