SHABBAT: Having guests and parenting, by Coty Bitton

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This Friday you can feel a sense of excitement at our home. My husband told me that this Shabbat we are hosting a group...

BIRKAT HAGOMEL: Differences between Sephardic and Ashkenazi traditions

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As explained before, the blessing haGomel is recited as a public expression of gratitude to God. HaGomel therefore, should be said in the presence of...

Rabbi Yosef Albo (1380-1444) and the Disputation of Tortosa

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Rabbi Albo's was born in Monreal del Campo, a town in Aragon, Spain.  He was the student of the famous Sephardic rabbi and philosopher...

BIRKAT HAGOMEL: Understanding the “blessings”

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A "Berakha" is a statement, a formula by which we bless God.  First, we need to clarify what does it mean to "bless God"...

EMUNA: The name of HaShem

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There are several names by which we refer to HaShem (=God). The most prominent name is A-M-O-N-A-Y (reading D for the M). As you...

PARENTING and the blessing of Shabbat, by Coty Bitton

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We, parents, know very well what is the appropriate groundwork for a positive and loving relationship with our children. Personal attention. Listen to what...

Rabbi Isaac Canpanton (1360-1463)

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Rabbi Isaac Canpanton was born in Castilla, Spain (probably in Zamora) in 1360.  Rabbi Canpanton was known as "The Gaon of Castilla". He witnessed...

EMUNA: Thinking about HaShem’s names

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Last week we explained that the Shem haMeforash, the main name of HaShem, is written in one way and it is pronounced in a...

Preventive medicine

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הויאל והיות הגוף בריא ושלם, מדרכי ה' הוא , שהרי אי אפשר שיבין או יידע והוא חולה צריך אדם להרחיק עצמו מדברים המאבדין את...

MASHIB HARUAH: More on rain

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As we have previously explained, our rabbis introduced two prayers for the rain in the 'amida. One is barekh 'alenu (the ninth berakha of...