April 2024 - Jewish Sacred Aging

Torah portions for when Shabbat falls on intermediate day of Passover

April 26, 2024 Cary Hillebrand 0

Cary Hillebrand explains the substitution of Torah parshiot when an intermediate day of Passover falls on Shabbat. [Read more…]

Seekers of Meaning 4/26/2024: Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch discusses 2024 RE-Charging Reform Conference

April 26, 2024 Webmaster 0

On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, senior rabbi of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York, discusses the upcoming second annual Re-Charging Reform conference, being held at the synagogue May 29-30. [Read more…]

Shabbat Pesach: Who WIll Teach The Story?

April 25, 2024 Rabbi Richard Address 0

What an unreal time! This week, at our sederim, how many of us were concerned with that fourth child, the one unable to ask, or did not even know the right questions! As we look [Read more…]

An Alternative Way to Count the Omer

April 22, 2024 Rabbi/Chaplain Paul Swerdlow 1

Rabbi Paul Swerdlow offers an alternative approach to the calendar for counting the Omer. [Read more…]

Seekers of Meaning 4/19/2024: A Passover Message from Rabbi Address

April 19, 2024 Webmaster 0

On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, Rabbi Address offers a Pesach message and some questions for conversation around the Passover table. [Read more…]

We Can’t ‘Pass Over’ That Food is Love!

April 18, 2024 Sandra Taradash 0

Sandy Taradash writes about the foods that say “Passover” and mean “love.” [Read more…]

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Metzora (Leviticus 14:1-15:33) A Seder of Spiritual Cleansing?

April 17, 2024 Rabbi Richard Address 0

The issue of last Shabbat, the outbreak of skin eruptions, is concluded this week with rituals designed to cleanse and purify everything from houses to people who have been made “unclean” due to discharges of [Read more…]

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A Look at Parshat Metzora

April 17, 2024 Cary Hillebrand 0

Cary Hillebrand takes on Parsha Metzora. [Read more…]

Seekers of Meaning 4/12/2024: Rabbi Peter Kasdan and Dr. Liz Etkin-Kramer from Yodeah.org, providing genetic cancer counseling for Jewish families

April 12, 2024 Webmaster 0

Rabbi Peter Kasdan and Dr. Liz Etkin-Kramer discuss Yodeah.org, their online portal for genetic screening and counseling of Jewish families for the BRCA gene and other genetic markers for cancer risk. [Read more…]