This week, for our text study from Pirke Avot, let me suggest Avot 2:16. The beginning of this passage is known to many. Rabbi Tarfon used to say, it is not your duty to finish the work, [Read more…]
What a double portion! From the scapegoat and sexual laws to the so-called “Holiness” Code, this week we delve in serious issues and proof texts that have been the subject of centuries of controversy and [Read more…]
An Antidote to Stress and Covid-19 Rabbi Dr. Steven Moss One of the activities that Jews seem to do quite often and are commanded to do by the tradition, is to remember. We are [Read more…]
We were a happy people And now we’re not. We lived with problems And now they don’t seem so big. We were a social people And now we’re not. We hugged and shook hands And [Read more…]
Rabbi Dayle Friedman, a frequent contributor to Jewish Sacred Aging, has published a new article, “Wisdom for Unwelcome Experiences,” at MyJewishLearning.com. [Read more…]
Prof. Gary L. Stein, Professor and Vice Chair, Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network, Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University, reports on the school’s continuing Rabbinic Certificate Program in Gerontology and Palliative Care. [Read more…]
As we continue our journey from Passover to Shavuot, we suggest looking at a section for this week’s Pirke Avot study from Avot 2:7. This is a long paragraph that involves juxtapositions on society and [Read more…]
We come this week to the famous portions in Leviticus that discusses the outbreak in the camp of a skin eruption. Often translated at leprosy, this section has been the bane of many a bar [Read more…]
Este curso introductorio en la vida judía es un curso elemental para adultos de 16 sesiones, que introduce a principiantes a las bases del pensamiento y rítuales judíos. (This introductory course about Jewish life is an elementary 16-session course for adults which introduces participants to the foundations of Jewish thought and ritual.) [Read more…]
A series of four seminars/discussions that speak to current challenges faced by individuals and families in light of the pandemic. [Read more…]
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