What are the hebrew letters

What are The Hebrew letters? The 22 Hebrew Letters have been understood by sages to be secret ‘Signs & Wonders’. In addition to being the building blocks of a language and a numerical system, they also serve as mystical tools of creation, a spiritual DNA. How have...

TIsh b’Av Reflection: Reconnecting With Holiness

Tisha b’Av, the 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av, begins at sunset Monday, July 31st, 2017, in 5777. It is considered to be spiritually a “dry period”, meaning that less is available from above. This period in the past was filled with many sad events for the Jewish...

Ma Nishtanah? What has changed? Passover 2017

Ma Nishtana? What has changed? Passover Seder 2017 Sometimes it takes an evening for a deeper question to come up. In our family’s Passover Seder Dinner, my son in law, came up with one. Why does the story always need to start from the suffering of Children of...

THE NEW SINS – AN AWAKENING

THE NEW SINS –  AN AWAKENING An extract from preparation for  High Holy-Days “The Fountain of Now” על חטאים שבין אדם לבין המקום On the sins between Man & God FORGETTING TO CELEBRATE LIFE New Approach: Focusing on Joy, Gratitude, Hope, daily Miracles Question...

The most important consideration–for this year

Holy People, By now we have read,reflected,spoke and pondered over many old and new ideas on: how to celebrate Yom Kippur. I just want to emphasize what seems to me again, to be the number one consideration for this year: Imagine all that you did or said last year...

With King David at Temple Emanuel

What was I looking for? Last Sat. evening Temple Emanuel presented a panel of three distinguish writers. Each wrote a book about a perplexing figure: King David. I was looking for something that can move me and illuminate the complexity of the situation. I wish we...

What is the secret of the Jew? Higher Knowledge.

I read all the upset about the denial of the holocaust, I saw the movie “The Jewish Cardinal” and I see the desperate need to do/say something about it. So first of all, below is a list of what remarkable leaders in different fields said about the Jews. We...

Gimel is the New Light for the New Year

Dearest Seekers of Truth and Meaning: I read Harav Yitzchak Ginsburgh’s words about Rosh Hashanah and his comments about the last 2 parashot. (click on link below) What more can I say? He is so inspiring, and it is a blessing to feel close to his wisdom and to...