Reflecting and renewing: Tashlich by the Glenmore Reservoir
By Shula Banchik (Calgary) – As the late summer sun casts its warm embrace over Calgary, two young men stand resolute upon towering rocks overlooking…
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Rabbi Leonard Cohen: Judgement and compassion
By Rabbi Leonard Cohen (AJNews) – Judgement. It is a powerful word, a fearsome word. The Hebrew word “Din” represents a particular aspect of Hashem…
Rabbi Leonard Cohen: Checking ourselves at Pesach
by Rabbi Leonard Cohen (AJNews) – Each Pesach we observe the mitzvah of “bedikat chametz” – the cleaning out of chametz, i.e., leavened foods, from our…
Rabbi Leonard Cohen: Yom Kippur and returning to what really matters
By Rabbi Leonard Cohen (Calgary) – The timeless objective for Rosh Hashanah, and further on through Yom Kippur is Teshuva. While often translated as “penitence,”…
Rabbi Leonard Cohen: Seasons of change
By Rabbi Leonard Cohen (AJNews) – The first mitzvah or command G-d gave to the Jewish people was to create a calendar, as we read…