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...
ROSH CHODESH IYAR: We and the moon
Today is the 30th day of Nisan, 5771 ROSH CHODESH IYAR 15 days of Omer (2 weeks, 1 day)The Jewish year and the...
SEFIRAT HAOMER: More on the Mitzva of Counting the Omer
Today is the 29th day of Nisan, 5771, 14 days of Omer (2 weeks)The days of the Omer need to be counted at...
SHABBAT: Juice and snow
Today is the 7th day of Adar I, 5771
One of the 39 prohibited tasks of Shabbat is threshing, in Hebrew 'dash'. Threshing is the...
KASHRUT: Meat and milk, the Minhaguim.
Today is the 5th day of Adar I, 5771Besides the prohibition of eating together meat and dairy, our Rabbis indicated that it is necessary...
