Locusts, darkness, death of the first born… This week we witness the final plagues and their impact on the Egyptian and Israelite people. We witness G-d’s willingness to make difficult choices and to purposely harm some people to let others take steps to freedom. Parshat Bo demonstrates that our ancestors were definitely not in The […]
Archives for January 2014
Conversion, Zionism, Life After Death, Sin, and Redemption
Welcome to this episode of Ask The Rabbi with Rabbi Menachem Creditor. In this months episode, Rabbi Creditor answers questions about conversion, Zionism, Life After Death as well as Sin and Redemption. The opening music for this podcast is La’asok: Words: Liturgy, Melody: Rabbi David Paskin. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/JCastNetwork.com/storage/AskTheRabbi/002.mp3Podcast: Download
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Bo: Let’s Start At The Very Beginning
Why does Torah begin with the story of creation? Why did some think it should begin with this week’s Torah portion? For more information about Rabbi Danny, please visit RabbiDanny.com The opening and closing music for this podcast is Coming Out of the Dark by Matt Stamm. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/JCastNetwork.com/storage/TwoMinutes/096.mp3Podcast: Download
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Making Kiddush… What’s The Point?
“What’s the point of Judaism?” How many of us have asked this question? Turns out, Jews have been asking them for a long time. Join Rabbi Knopf as he and his students study and discuss “Sefer Ha-Hinukh / The Book of Education.” Written anonymously in the mid-13th century, this radical book offers rationales for every […]
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Moving Beyond the Hurt
We’ve all been hurt in our lives. Sometimes the grudges we hold from those hurts keep us removed from family and friends that we really want in our lives. The biblical story of Joseph holds lessons for how to see the hurt in perspective and get back with the people we want in our lives. […]
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