Posts Tagged: mitzvot
The Smallest Details of Faith Can Be the Key to Our Success
I doubt you will have ever heard of Ewen Edward Samuel Montagu. He was born in 1901 into an illustrious British Jewish family, as the...
What’s a Mitzvah? The New York Times Gets It Wrong
A New York Times article reports about a French book, newly translated into English, called “The Postcard,” by Anne Berest. The Times reports: “Berest calls ‘The...
The Unending Power of a Mitzvah
Most Hollywood movies are not particularly memorable, even the good ones, and it is rare for a feature film to make the kind of impact...
God’s Ultimate Gift to the Jewish People
Over the years, I have studiously avoided engaging in theological disputations. Anyone deeply committed to their religious faith is unlikely to be convinced by clever...
How to Develop the Outer Persona and the Inner Person
Our Torah portion, this week's sedra, ends with one of the great commands of Judaism - tsitsit, the fringes we wear on the corner of...
Sixteenth Century Women’s Ladino Siddur Republished In Israel
"Women need their own prayer books that are different from men's" according to a 16th century rabbinic ruling by Rabbi Meir Benveniste, who decided to undertake the...
