Rabbi Raphael Karigal (1732-1777)
Today is the 29 of Iyar, 5771/ 44 days of Omer, 5771
One of the first rabbinic luminaries to arrive to America in colonial times...
Yom Yerushalaim
Today is the 28 day of Iyar, 5771/ 43 days of Omer (6 weeks, 1 day)In 1967 Egypt, Syria and Jordan with the...
BERIT MILA: Sephardic Ceremony
Today is the 26 of Iyar, 5771/ 41 days of Omer (5 weeks, 6 days)
The ceremony begins when the child is brought into the...
PIRQE ABOT: What does it mean?
Pirqe Abot o Massekhet Abot is the ninth treatise of The Order of "Damages" (Seder Neziqin), the section of the Mishna which deals with...
Rabbi Gershom Mendes Seixas: The First Native-Born U.S. Rabbi
Rabbi Gershom Mendes Seixas was born in New York on January 15, 1745. He was the son of Isaac Mendes Seixas and Rachel Levy,...
Intellectual development and spiritual development
Today is the 21st day of Iyar, 5771/ 36 days of Omer (5 weeks, 1 day)Maimonides tells us that we should care for the...
BERIT MILA: Circumcision on the Eighth Day (Part 2)
Today is the 19th of Iyar, 5771/ 34 days of Omer (3 weeks, 6 days)
Last week we explained the importance of Berit Mila, the...
BERIT MILA: Circumcision on the Eighth Day
Today is the 12th day of Iyar, 5771/ 27 days of Omer (3 weeks, 6 days)
Berit Milah, means the "covenant of circumcision,". It is...
YOM HAZIKARON: Israel’s Memorial Day
Today is the 5th day of Iyar, 5771/20 days of Omer (2 weeks, 6 days)Israel Independence Day celebrates the anniversary of the establishment...
YOM HAZIKARON/YOM HAATZMAUT: the impossible (but reasonable!) transition.
Today is the 2nd day of Iyar, 5771/ 17 days of Omer (2 weeks, 3 days)This coming Sunday night we will commemorate Yom...
