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As we approach the end of the holiday of Sukkot, Aaron “The Schmoz” Herman hits the streets of New York to look at a few innovative ideas for Sukkahs. Aaron shows us the first sukkah (booth) he has ever owned, an easy to assemble one-man sukkah made by PopUpSukkah.com as well as the Sukkah on […]
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his week Aaron “The Schmoz” Herman returns to Occupy Wall Street to talk to Daniel Siradsky who created the Occupy Judaism project as part of Occupy Wall Street.
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In the third episode of Rega Shel Ivrit (A Moment of Hebrew), host and Master teacher Michal Nachmany teaches a number of Alef words. Alef is the first letter of the alphabet, so what better place to begin then there? Among others, Michal teaches the words: • Av (Father/Creator) • Abba (Father-Modern)• Aviv (Spring)• Aval (But) We hope that […]
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The annual cycle of the reading of the torah is beginning again, as it has for thousands of years. In the first episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai Lau Lavie explores two verses from the first parsha (section) of the first book of the torah. In Breshit (Genesis) Chapter 2, Verse 20 and 21, the torah tells the story of the creation of Sela and the creation of woman. But why do three different versions of the same text read soo differenet? Was the first woman created from just any rib, from the 13th rib on the right side, or just from the side of man? And, perhaps we should reconsider taking the idea of the rib so literally, perhaps it is just a metaphor.
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For a variety of personal reasons, I haven’t been able to post commentaries on the last few Torah Portions. Torah Study demands mental focus and dedicated time. Torah Portions aren’t for skimming or speed reading. They don’t include bullet-point summaries. Key words aren’t hi-lited. Torah Portions aren’t compatible with multi-tasking! All the while that I […]
The Cycle Begins again. God creates – not once but twice – in 6 days and in the Garden. We are tested. We fail. So what else is new? Preceding the act of Creation There was darkness and desolation The Divine spirit hovered Over depths that were covered By the promise of new population “just […]
Moses dies on Mt Nebo – some say that God kissed him before he died. Moses was the only prophet who knew God Panim el Panim – face to face. I’ve always been intrigued by what that means….. V’zot HaBracha Moses got a divine embrace Then God gave him his burial place And all through […]
In Episode Thirteen of The Tisch Rabbi Michael Rose Knopf invites us to join him in his weekly tisch at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley, PA. According to Rabbi Moses Cordovero, God looks for the goodness in all of us, even (and especially) when we appear not to demonstrate it. God focuses on the good […]
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A sermon by Rabbi Kirshner for Yom Kippur https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/dsksermons/dsk019.mp3Podcast: Download
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As the holiday of Sukkot upon us, host Aaron “The Schmoz” Herman spoke with a vendor to find out more about the shortage of Lulavim this year due to the instability in Egypt and many other Lulavim being stuck in customs this year.
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