In ordinary times, the Kriyas haTorah [“Reading of the Torah”] occurs publicly in the synagogue…
Category: Bible
Thomas Moore (1779-1852) was an Irish poet. He was a friend and biographer of the…
Sometimes we read words or hear them recited, which are not the ones we are…
The current Hebrew month is called Elul. The last day of the month begins this…
This post is the second of three focussing on English translations of Genesis 22:1-19 (the…
Shacharit, the set of prayers recited by Jews in the morning, consists of several sections.…
When I was in college, my music theory teacher once told me that she and…
A popular question asked by interviewers, particularly of celebrities, is what book they would like…
What can you do when you find yourself suddenly, and unexpectedly, in the power of…
One summer, while vacationing in New Brunswick, Canada, I took a ferry from the mainland…
