TweetShare via emailChanuka is far behind us, but the image of the pure, burning lights of the Menorah are marked in my memory. The image of simple, gently flickering lamps of oil projects a sense of serenity, that all is at peace. But think, for a moment, about the tumultuous past behind that serenity. Think …
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Feb 04
Clean Charity
TweetShare via emailIn this week’s reading, G-d tells Moses that the people should take a Terumah, an offering, for Him. It is a good time to speak about the importance of giving charity, especially in support of Torah learning, synagogues, schools and yeshivos which help us, as Jews, to connect to G-d. As Project Genesis …
Jan 29
The Support or Just a Supporter?
TweetShare via emailThis week’s Lifeline is dedicated by Patrick Carrera in memory of his son, Mattisyahu, who recently passed away in a car accident on December 8, 2010. May his family have a speedy recovery. If someone knocked on our door collecting money for the homeless throughout the community, most of us would give a …
Jan 20
Overheard at the Library…
TweetShare via emailShmuel Yosef (“Shai”) Agnon was both a Nobel laureate in literature as a writer of modern Hebrew fiction, as well as an observant Jew. A story, attributed to him, begins with him eating in the Hebrew University library — according to the story, this was permitted back in his day, at least to …
