As the Jewish calendar falls out this 5784/2024, we read Metzora (the Torah portion about the healing process of a leper) on the Shabbat just before Pesach/Passover. This year, more than usual, there’s so much to heal, & we hope … Read the rest
Some of our students and alumni know that Mendel’s father, Rabbi Israel Rubin wrote a whole scholarly book delving into the famous Seder in Bnei Brak where the 5 Rabbis stayed up all night, as famously recounted in the Passover … Read the rest
Here’s a basic essentials list of what needs to be done in the 24 hours before Passover in a dorm room. Obviously, there are extras that may ideal if possible, but here are the basics.
I am totally out of my depth here, personally unfamiliar with any of the lyrics or the persona, (so take all this with many grains of salt,) but the title of the much ballyhooed album release caught my attention: “The … Read the rest
In Parsha Tazria, the Kohen (priest) serves as a diagnostician and certifier of the Tzaraat affliction. In one of the verses it says, “to all the eyesight of the Kohain.”
What does “all the eyesight” (an imperfect translation) mean?
“A continuous fire (burning on the altar)… shall not be extinguished.” (Tzav)
This biblical divine call to keep a continuous always-on fire burning on the altar reverberates in our lives today. It can be challenging to keep the fire going, … Read the rest
It so happens that the Shalom Food Pantry had a surplus of Kiwis and more than they could distribute before they’d go bad. So they asked us if students would enjoy them. We served them at Shabbos House, at Kosher-on-Fuller, … Read the rest
While watching the desserts being prepped for the Bake-Off on Friday I had a hunch about some of them, but wanted to wait until the actual crunch to have a better sense.
It so happens that the Shalom Food Pantry had a surplus of Kiwis and more than they could distribute before they’d go bad. So they asked us if students would enjoy them. We served them at Shabbos House, at Kosher-on-Fuller, … Read the rest