I am officially giving up on my course of study for the upcoming syium, and I am going to do something simpler. I will study a Seder from the Mishnah now, instead of trying to finish Massecher…
Etz Hayim runs project known as Omer Learning that encourages us to count the omer (as well do some learning). This begs a few questions, mainly: What’s an omer and how do you count it? What’s an…
Pessah is the holiday in the Jewish calendar that most involves advanced preparations. To help us prepare for the holiday in our congregation, here is a concise guide: Pessah begins on Friday evening, April 03, and concludes…
In 1994, Mel Gibson made a film called Passion of the Christ. It was accused of portraying a particularly anti-semitic perspective of the Christian Bible. As a result of the film, it came to light that Mel…
A long time ago I heard the following story. After WWI, all of Europe’s spirit was broken. The casualties were immense. The work of reconstruction was enormous. In the midst of destruction, people were still trying to…