Exodus and Hyksos
As we focus on the Exodus narrative during the holiday of Passover, one issue which arises for many is the historical accuracy of the events. …
A Date for Passover
This year the calendar for Passover comes out very unusually. The night for the Passover Seder, the festive meal eaten to commemorate being liberated from…
Moses and the Exodus
The main story of the Passover holiday is the Exodus from Egypt under the leadership of Moses. As Jews, this is a seminal event that…
Walking into the Abyss
Tomorrow morning, I awaken to walk into the abyss. I know I'm being overly dramatic, but I am returning my rental car and beginning a…
Sirens
Today, Israel stopped for 2 minutes for a siren. Every year on Holocaust Remembrance Day, sirens sound at 10:00 a.m. Cars on the roads pull…
Eight Days a Week
I recently visited the Kathisma Church in southern Jerusalem. The Katisma church was a Byzantine shrine from the 5th century. The building was octagonal with its…
Silence
We are coming up to the holiday of Passover. And it occurs to me that my life over the last few years has a lot…
Storytime
The holiday of Passover approaches. You can feel it in the hot bursts of spring air - sharav as it is called in modern parlance…
Passover
Today's blog is inspired by a story I read by Robby Berman, director of HODS, the Halachic Organ Donation Society. He posted on Facebook about…
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