Touched by a Torah
A few years back I received a call from then assistant Rabbi of Temple Sinai, Jay Tel-Rav, wondering if I could take a look at
The Stopping Place
“There had to be a stopping place,” she said, “and this seemed to be the place for me to stop being pushed around. I had
Blue Monday
“Let the past year and its cursed images end.” Is this prayer a naïve hope? Did we think that when we said this prayer on
Developing the Negative
There is an old and odd traditional prayer said at the beginning of the New Year—it is found in the Sephardic liturgy and it’s refrain
Chasing Peace
For those wanting to access a copy of the KE Rosh Hashanah Prayer Book it is accessible here: http://bit.ly/Y4jV3x I received two emails yesterday,
Elephant in the Room
Rosh Hashanah is a time of reflection on beginnings, on the birth story of humanity and on our own births. I was born in the