by Katie Eacrett | Jun 27, 2024 | Shabbat Shalom, Shmuel Shabbat Shalom
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Shabbat Shalom. This week’s Torah portion Shelach, recounts a dramatic moment in Israel’s history: the sin of the spies. This familiar story raises questions, like why did the spies, leaders among the children of...
by Katie Eacrett | Jun 25, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print June 25, 2024Sondra Oster Baras On October 7, 2023, the military cemetery in Karnei Shomron consisted of four graves in a small section adjacent to the regular cemetery. I remember the deaths of three of them well. In 1997,...
by Katie Eacrett | Jun 21, 2024 | Shabbat Shalom, Shmuel Shabbat Shalom
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Shabbat Shalom! This week Shmuel shares his thoughts all the way from Inverness, Scotland. Portion Behaalotcha opens with the lighting of the menorah. Shmuel’s ideas on the portion cover obedience, gratitude and the importance of...
by Katie Eacrett | Jun 17, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print On October 7, 2023, thousands of Hamas terrorists invaded Israeli communities, massacred over 1,000 men, women and children and took hundreds hostage. All of Israel ground to a halt as over 300,000 reservists were immediately...
by Katie Eacrett | Jun 13, 2024 | Shabbat Shalom, Shmuel Shabbat Shalom
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Shabbat shalom. This week we read the portion of Naso. There is something in this portion that is sure to be familiar: the priestly blessing! In modern Israel this blessing is said by priests over the people and said by fathers...
