Archive for April 2020
“He Shall Dwell in Isolation”
As we approach this week’s double Parsha of Tazria-Metzora, it is impossible to escape the analogy to what we
Kindness Begins in The Home
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch shares a most powerful message: If I had the power I would provisionally close all synagogues
Entering Into the Covenant
Eight Questions One of the primary sources for the Mitzvah of circumcision is this week’s parsha. At the circumcision ceremony
Mystery of The Source of All Life
This week in Torah we read some of the finer details of bodily functions and ritual purity. In the words
The Torah Portions We Have Been Waiting For
This is the double portion, rabbis always try to avoid. One colleague in particular, would plan to conveniently be
A Vacuum of Life
This week’s portion starts out: “Hashem spoke to Moshe saying: Speak to the children of Israel saying: When a
EU Regrets US Refusal to Allow Economic Aid for Iran to Fight Coronavirus
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Feb. 11, 2020. Photo: Reuter / Vincent
Spain Catches Rapper Who Became Islamic State Fighter
Men with heads covered with towels are led out of a building to the cars, in Almeria, Spain, April 21,
Renee Levine
Levine – Renee R. April 22, 2020. Wife of the late Kenneth Levine; loving mother of Matthew, DDS Todd
Trump Orders US Navy to Destroy Iranian Gunboats ‘if They Harass Our Ships at Sea’
Four Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels, some of several to maneuver in what the US Navy says