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Selling Chametz

Even if you don’t keep a kosher kitchen, and/or you don’t “convert” your kitchen for Pesach, there is still spiritual value in selling your chametz: You are engaging with myriad Jews worldwide in a practice that can be traced back to Torah and, if you include a donations to “ma’ot chitin,” you are enabling those in need to more fully celebrate Pesach.

Purim: What’s at Stake

Today is Ta’anit Ester, a half-day fast in solidarity with the biblical Esther who orchestrated a three-day hunger strike to boost her chance of success in approaching the king without having been summoned, potentially a capital offense.

Trauma and Recovery

Dec 4, 2023 | A Rabbi Writes

Trauma and Recovery

The eerie juxtaposition of Torah and our times. Dina, daughter of Yaakov, is taken by force and confined, to be freed only after blood is shed.

Shabbat shalom! שבת שלום