by Katie Eacrett | Feb 8, 2024 | Shabbat Shalom, Shmuel Shabbat Shalom
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print After the adventures of Genesis and the highs of Mt Sinai, portion Mishpatim leads us to lists of detailed, often boring laws. Why is this? Why does the Torah jump from the exciting to the mundane? Life, like some Torah portions,...
by Katie Eacrett | Feb 1, 2024 | Shabbat Shalom, Shmuel Shabbat Shalom
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print In this week’s Torah portion, Yitro, the Children of Israel meet a nation who will haunt them for centuries: Amalek. Israel had no resources, land, or prior acquaintance with Amalek. Yet Amalek hated Israel, their God and...
by Katie Eacrett | Jan 30, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print January 30, 2024Sondra Oster Baras At the conclusion of World War II, the world learned of the horrors that the Nazis had inflicted upon the Jewish people — the massive round-ups of Jews throughout Europe, imprisoning them in...
by Katie Eacrett | Jan 26, 2024 | Shmuel Shabbat Shalom
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Portion Beshalach asks the question: Where do we go from here?As Israel grapples with this week’s tragic loss of 21 soldiers, many find themselves asking the same question. Shmuel finds an answer in the wisdom of the Torah and in...
by Katie Eacrett | Jan 23, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print January 23, 2024Thanks to you, CFOIC was able to plant a grove of young trees in Gitit, just in time for Tu B’shvat! Tu B’Shvat is the new year for trees and is traditionally celebrated by planting trees and eating...
