The Sounds of Parashat Balak: “Ma Tovu” by The Brilliant Danny Maseng
Ma tovu ohalecha Yaakov kishkenotecha Yisrael! How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel!
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Tuning Our Souls For Shavuot: PoveSham’s Top 4
Shavuot: Torah To Take Away!
Think about it! The Torah was delivered on Mount Sinai at the time in the midst of our walking in the desert. This means that if you compare it with milk or with the “food for our souls” as our Sages z”l did, this delivery would be closer to the idea of “Take away” than to sitting in your place
Read moreYom Hazikaron: When An Entire Nation Cries
Experiences of an Immigrant who Learned to be a Mourner I was born and raised in Argentina. From the first years of my adolescence I participated in the ceremonies of Yom Ha’azmaut (Israel’s Independence Day). I remember these activities at the headquarters of Hacoaj, as well as the national ones organized by the juvenile Zionist movement in different areas in
Read moreYom HaShoa Ve’Hagevurah
Jewish Resistance During The Shoa Resistance is. . To smuggle a loaf of bread – was to resist. To teach in secret – was to resist. To gather information and distribute an underground newsletter – was to resist. To cry out warning and shatter illusions – was to resist. To rescue a Torah scroll – was to resist. To forge
Read more(Re)Pensando Pesaj
Por un Judaismo con diversidad cultural! Que mensajes tenes grabados en la cabeza? A que cosas renunciaste, quizás te faltan, y no sabes donde las dejaste? Puede ser que te estés por perder el Seder? Si, puede ser, porque te sentís culpable!!! Que!!!??? Es muy común en la educación y en la educación judía en lo particular el uso y
Read morePassover A Fairy Tale? You Shall Tell Your Children
There is no doubt that the Exodus has a folklorical meaning. The Exodus is an ethos of our identity and we remember it routinely in our prayers and blessings as a seminal event in our consolidation as the People of Israel. However in Passover we have the opportunity to deepen in the Exodus and this is also probably the
Read moreSome Special Music To Start To Fill Our Hearts With Pesach!
Vehi Sheamda, Yonatan Razel Quien Supiense y Entendiense – Echad Mi Yodeah IN LADINO A Country Dayenu! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaoEHUjJX3M
Read moreA Chassidic Tale For Shabbat Shekalim
Wine or Water There was once a king who was visiting a town. In preparation for the king’s visit the town decided to fill a giant barrel with wine and present it to the king upon his arrival. Where were they going to get so much wine to fill the giant barrel? They came up with a brilliant idea; each
Read moreA Beautiful Poem for Shabbat Yitro by Yehuda Amichai: “My father was a god and did not know it”
My father was a god and did not know it. He gave me The Ten Commandments neither in thunder nor in furry; neither in fire nor in cloud But rather in gentleness and love. And he added caresses and kind words and he added “I beg You,” and “please.” And he sang “keep” and “remember” the Shabbat In a single melody
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