Rabbi Guy Tal: Yizkor – past, present and future
by Rabbi Guy Tal (AJNews) – According to the sages, there are ten ‘Commandments of Memory’ in the Torah, of things we must remember: The…
Holiday Columns
Rabbi Russell Jayne: Open the door to possibilities
by Rabbi Russell Jayne (AJNews) – There is a Jewish parable about a righteous man who went on a journey and failed to lock the…
Rabbi Nachum Aaron Kutnowski: Tablets restored
By Rabbi Nachum Aaron Kutnowski (AJNews) – During the Hebrew month of Elul, a time of profound introspection and self-betterment, we find ourselves preparing for…
Rabbi Steven Schwarzman: it’s time to do Teshuvah
By Rabbi Steven Schwarzman (AJNews) – We normally think of Rosh Hashanah as the beginning of the year. After all, isn’t that what Rosh Hashanah means?…
The Jewish calendar reminds us where we’ve been — and what’s next
by Rabbi Adina Allen (My Jewish Learning via JTA) — The Shavuot holiday that we observed last month commemorates two different kinds of harvests. Originally…