Take the Light Away
Originally posted on CowBird. Har Nof, Jerusalem: a village of the black-hatted and side-locked sort of faithful, and these are the people we pass this Saturday evening. We walk through the middle of...
View Article[Alumni Guest Post] Or Zarua / Let the Light in
We could all use a little light right now. Pardes Educators Program alum and music-man extraordinaire Drew Cohen (PEP ’11) and his students at the Weber School in Atlanta shed a little light over us...
View Article[PCJE Dvar Torah] Hannah Grossman – Chanukah Dvar
I have always loved exploring the connections between the Torah/Haftarah readings in respect to the holidays on which they are read. With Chanukah coming around the corner I saw an opportune time to...
View Article[PCJE Dvar Torah] Jeff Amshalem — Circles and Lines: the Maor vaShamesh on...
An abridged version of a teaching from R. Kalonymus Kalpan Halevi Epstein, the Maor vaShamesh. וַתִּקַּח מִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה אֲחוֹת אַהֲרֹן אֶת הַתֹּף בְּיָדָהּ וַתֵּצֶאןָ כָל הַנָּשִׁים אַחֲרֶיהָ...
View Article[Alumni Guest Post] Rosh Chodesh Adar! by Yishai Paquin
Yishai Paquin (Year '11-'12) is an avid photographer. Here he shares a spiritual insight that he gained through photography: Sometimes reminders come from unsuspected places. I was learning how to edit...
View ArticleAs the ghosts fade away
This is a followup to my Erev Yom HaZikaron post Thank you, my friends, for coming out, for keeping my glass full, for helping me through the day. Thank you for standing by me, for holding me up, for...
View ArticleStarry Night Havdallah Set – glass tray, kiddush cup, candle holder and spice...
In the Gemara, Shabbat is defined by the work that surrounds it and goes into preparing for it. We light the Sabbath candles to mark the beginning of Shabbat and light the Havdallah candle to mark its...
View Article[Alumni Guest Post] Hanukkah Light Revealed by Laurie Franklin
Laurie Franklin (Year '13) sent us these words of wisdom for Thanksgivukkah: Laurie Franklin is the spiritual leader and rabbinic intern at Har Shalom. She can be reached at laurief AT har-shalom DOT...
View ArticleEight days of extra light
I shared this dvar Torah at the recent PCJE Hanuka party: Why 8? This question is asked in Megillah Taanit. The Rabbi’s ask, “Why 8 days?” They explore the fact that 7 would be more normative. Moses...
View Articleבן אור לחשך
From my blog: I was recently given the task of writing my own “autobiography” for a final paper in one of my classes. Below is an excerpt from my introduction: It is told: There are tiny cracks in the...
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Take the Light Away
Originally posted on CowBird. Har Nof, Jerusalem: a village of the black-hatted and side-locked sort of faithful, and these are the people we pass this Saturday evening. We walk through the middle of...
View Article[Alumni Guest Post] Or Zarua / Let the Light in
We could all use a little light right now. Pardes Educators Program alum and music-man extraordinaire Drew Cohen (PEP ’11) and his students at the Weber School in Atlanta shed a little light over us...
View ArticleClik here to view.
[PCJE Dvar Torah] Hannah Grossman – Chanukah Dvar
I have always loved exploring the connections between the Torah/Haftarah readings in respect to the holidays on which they are read. With Chanukah coming around the corner I saw an opportune time to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
[PCJE Dvar Torah] Jeff Amshalem — Circles and Lines: the Maor vaShamesh on...
An abridged version of a teaching from R. Kalonymus Kalpan Halevi Epstein, the Maor vaShamesh. וַתִּקַּח מִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה אֲחוֹת אַהֲרֹן אֶת הַתֹּף בְּיָדָהּ וַתֵּצֶאןָ כָל הַנָּשִׁים אַחֲרֶיהָ...
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[Alumni Guest Post] Rosh Chodesh Adar! by Yishai Paquin
Yishai Paquin (Year '11-'12) is an avid photographer. Here he shares a spiritual insight that he gained through photography: Sometimes reminders come from unsuspected places. I was learning how to edit...
View ArticleAs the ghosts fade away
This is a followup to my Erev Yom HaZikaron post Thank you, my friends, for coming out, for keeping my glass full, for helping me through the day. Thank you for standing by me, for holding me up, for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Starry Night Havdallah Set – glass tray, kiddush cup, candle holder and spice...
In the Gemara, Shabbat is defined by the work that surrounds it and goes into preparing for it. We light the Sabbath candles to mark the beginning of Shabbat and light the Havdallah candle to mark its...
View ArticleClik here to view.
[Alumni Guest Post] Hanukkah Light Revealed by Laurie Franklin
Laurie Franklin (Year '13) sent us these words of wisdom for Thanksgivukkah: Laurie Franklin is the spiritual leader and rabbinic intern at Har Shalom. She can be reached at laurief AT har-shalom DOT...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eight days of extra light
I shared this dvar Torah at the recent PCJE Hanuka party: Why 8? This question is asked in Megillah Taanit. The Rabbi’s ask, “Why 8 days?” They explore the fact that 7 would be more normative. Moses...
View ArticleClik here to view.
בן אור לחשך
From my blog: I was recently given the task of writing my own “autobiography” for a final paper in one of my classes. Below is an excerpt from my introduction: It is told: There are tiny cracks in the...
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