This Shabbat, George Harrison’s epic song, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, played by legends, friends, and his son during the Concert for George, resonated with me after another difficult day.
I hope you enjoy this music and Shabbat.
Shabbat Shalom
This Shabbat, George Harrison’s epic song, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, played by legends, friends, and his son during the Concert for George, resonated with me after another difficult day.
I hope you enjoy this music and Shabbat.
Shabbat Shalom
Moshav helps us welcome Shabbat with Shalom Aleichem.
Shabbat Shalom
We welcome Shabbat, Kabbalat Shabbat with a series of Psalms beginning with Psalm 95. Rabbi Rayzel Raphael takes the words, L’khu n’ran’nah, and shares, Rock to the Rockin Joy.
Enjoy and Shabbat Shalom.
Teach your Children is a song that has always moved me with its special message. The V’ahavta echoes inside my head as I hear the music play and the words reach out, sharing the message: we are in this together, to share our wisdom and make meaning of our life journey.
This is the Playing for Change Band onstage in Tel Aviv with the timeless song of Crosby Stills and Nash.
Shabbat Shalom
Paul McCartney wrote Blackbird as a tribute to the civil rights struggle in the United States. It is a song that needs to be sung now for all seeking freedom. The incomparable Jon Batiste performs this rendition.
Shabbat Shalom
Why do these kippot cost so much?
It is because we are trying to raise as much money as we can to help the victims of war. We are not in the business of selling Kippot.
These kippot are unique and designed to represent the Sunflower, the national flower of Ukraine and a symbol of hope, in the Ukrainian national colors. The Kippot are made in a fair trade arrangement with a Guatemalan Women’s cooperative; we want them compensated adequately. Our goal is to get money to one of the influential NGOs in Poland, the JCC Krakow.
The JCC is dedicated to helping refugees in need, whether Jewish or not. It is an extraordinary opportunity for the Jewish community of Poland to lead in a time of crisis. It is likewise an extraordinary opportunity for the Jewish community of the United States to support the work.
Please help us with a generous donation and proudly wear a symbol of our humanity. #standwithUkraine
Ha Lachma Anya
The bread of the Poor
Buses unloaded their precious cargo at the intake center, women and children from Lviv and Kyiv. Bewildered, they started the process of finding refuge after escaping terror but leaving husbands and fathers behind to fight for Ukraine. We reached across the language barrier and handed the children lollipops. Like our children, they delighted in this unexpected treat. The smiles and laughter strengthened moms, and together they tentatively walked forward toward the refugee center (I cannot show faces to protect the identities of families left behind).
This is the poor person’s bread- a bread of hope and compassion. HaLachma Anya is the simple but profound gesture of giving something to those who have less, even when we do not have much to share. Together, we are one step closer to redemption.
This prayer has always moved me and seems to be deep in my heart this Shabbat.
But the power resides in us. Wishing everyone Shabbat Shalom.