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It’s your yahrzeit, once again. 16 years and I still wonder if you’ll call, a bit too early for West Coast Sunday morning: ‘Did I wake you’, you ask, hesitating. ‘No, Ima, the phone rang’, I half joke, half annoyed … Continue reading →

:לדרוש אלוהים – משהו לפרשת יתרו: בעברית בקישור למרכז חדרים כאן: Six Torah portions out of 54 a are named after someone, one woman (Sarah) and 5 men. One of them is Jethro, Yitro, A Midyanite priest, an eternal spiritual … Continue reading →

. משהו חדש! לשמחתי, הבלוג שלי על פרשת השבוע בעברית, מתפרסם גם באתר של מרכז חדרים, חיפה כנסו כאן:https://hadarim.reali.org.il/%d7%a8%d7%a7%d7%a2-2/ This week’s Torah portion, B’shalach, begins with the Children of Israel leaving Egypt after the long slavery and the Ten Plagues. … Continue reading →

After the declaration of the new month, come the instructions for the Exodus. Among them, this (Exodus 12:22-23): Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that … Continue reading →

Last week, Moses & Aaron came to Pharoah with this request (Exodus 5:1-3): בשבוע שעבר, משה ואהרון באו לפני פרעה בבקשה זו: וְאַחַ֗ר בָּ֚אוּ מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר ה’ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שַׁלַּח֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י וְיָחֹ֥גּוּ לִ֖י בַּמִּדְבָּֽר…. נֵ֣לְכָה נָּ֡א דֶּ֩רֶךְ֩ … Continue reading →

Not long ago, I celebrated my grandmother’s 133rd birthday… my grandmother was an amazing woman. She was like that when I was little and she’s getting better ever since…. When she was 80 years old, having lived in Israel already … Continue reading →

Olive picking season is coming to its end and we’re reaching the Torah portion of Vayechi where we read Jacob’s blessing to his sons, specifically here – Asher (Genesis 49:20). I read it, and 3000+ years, disappear: עונת מסיק הזיתים … Continue reading →

One of the best things about living in Israel is that you can get into your car, turn on the radio and hear Torah, drashot, daf yomi. On Thursday morning, it was Rabbi Shneor Shapira (I think that was his … Continue reading →

One of our favorite shopping places as children was going “down” to Haifa’s “Hamshbir”, which was then (long ago…) the biggest department store in the area. Little did I know that this institution, founded in 1916 during World War I … Continue reading →

Joseph is so flamboyant that it’s hard to see through. Growing up, as described in our Torah portion, Vayeshev, he aggravates everyone around him showing off with his dreams. He seems selfish and focused only on himself. He’s often used … Continue reading →