B”H Parashat Tetzaveh 5778 – Shabbat Zachor Rabbi Daniela “The kindling of the Menorah and the kindling of the Shabbat candles” This week’s parashah begins by saying, “You shall further instruct the Israelites to bring you clear oil of beaten olives for lighting, for kindling lamps regularly. Aaron and his sons shall set them up
Congregational singing was an innovation, spearheaded by the Conservative Movement. Rabbi Goldberg will discuss the social, religious, and cultural factors that encouraged this development, the protagonists and resisters, the creation of a corpus of melodies that became “standard” throughout the Conservative Movement, culminating in the publication of the Zamru Lo by the Cantors Assembly in the 1950s and 1960s.
B”H Tora Thoughts: Parashat Terumah 5778 Rabbi Rami Pavolotzky The Law and the Love Parashat Terumah is the first of a series of five parashot that deal with the building of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle, in the desert. The Hebrew word Terumah means “offering.” It is written at the beginning of this parasha: “The Lord
Czech Holocaust Torah returned from Peninsula Sinai Congregation, Foster City, California to is original home, Olomouc
The Survival of a Torah
Stories of placement of Czech Torah’s in various communities around the world