A: Absolutely! Tefillin and Prayer are separate Mitzvahs (commandments) that are best done together. Tefillin itself shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes (wrap on, say the 1st part of the Shema and w...
A: Not the hell others believe in. Belief in the Afterlife and in Reward & Punishment (consequence of our choices) are in Maimonides’ basic 13 Principles of Judaism. But there’s no eternal d...
A: We should all (not only Rabbis) bless G-d for the food we eat, but that’s not what makes it Kosher. What makes it Kosher is what’s in it, and what was used to make it. Kosher certification...
So why did we name her Rivka?
In addition of course to the biblical matriarch, Rivka or Rebecca, the name runs in both of our families.
We’ll be hosting a Cozy-Shabbat weekend, Minyan, Shabbat meals and all, on August 8-9, also known as Shabbos “Nachamu” (the Shabbat of Comfort) which comes after Tisha B’Av and the
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Cozy Shabbat August 8th-9th 2014
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