by Katie Eacrett | Aug 30, 2024 | Shabbat Shalom, Shmuel Shabbat Shalom
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Portion Re’eh details the covenant between the Children of Israel and God. It admonishes the Children of Israel to guard themselves against pagan practices as they enter the land of Israel. Several times it mentions the place that...
by Katie Eacrett | Aug 26, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print August 27, 2024Sondra Oster Baras When I was a kid, my friends and I tried to master a trick — rubbing our stomachs in a circular motion while patting our heads in an up and down motion. We occasionally succeeded, but it was...
by Katie Eacrett | Aug 23, 2024 | Shabbat Shalom, Shmuel Shabbat Shalom
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print This week marks eleven months on the Hebrew calendar since the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Eleven months is the traditional Jewish mourning period. This week’s Torah portion Ekev speaks of future disasters and destructions,...
by Katie Eacrett | Aug 19, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Around 1700 years ago, a group of devout Jews settled the southern edges of Judea in the Hebron Hills. Their hearts were directed towards Jerusalem, the eternal site of the Shechinah (The Divine Presence) where the Temple once...
by Katie Eacrett | Aug 16, 2024 | Shabbat Shalom, Shmuel Shabbat Shalom
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Portion Vaetchanon continues the story of Moses who is unable to enter the Land of Israel. In the English translation of this portion, it almost seems as though Moses blames the Children of Israel for his exclusion from the Land....
