This Saturday evening begins the holiday of Simchat Torah, שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה, “the joy of the Torah.” On Simchat Torah, we read the final words of Deuteronomy and immediately begin again with Genesis, Bereshit. There is no pause between ending and beginning. The cycle...
Years ago, when I first came to America in the fall of 1971, I lived in Harlan, Kentucky, where my then husband interned at the Daniel Boone Hospital, nestled in the Appalachian Mountains, where country roads curve and climb, but life moved slowly. It was and still is...
Two years have passed since the slaughter and unimaginable horrors of October 7, 2023. Two years of heartbreak and loss. The grief, coupled with the outbreak of outrageous hate of the global community toward Israel, only fuel our resilience and determination to live....
🌅 Wishing Shanah Tovah U’Metukah to all — a good and sweet year! ✨🍎🍯 שנה טובה ומתוקה ורגועה לכל עם ישראל As the sun sets on this year and rises on the new, my heart overflows with gratitude.Exactly a year ago on Rosh HaShanah, our journey to this beautiful estate in...
Eleven years have passed since my beloved brother, Ehud Shimoni, left us. This morning, a flock of blue birds—the color of his eyes—visited, a beautiful reminder that love transcends time and space. Though his absence left a void, his memory lives on. Ehud’s...
On this last Shabbat of the year, marked by deep loss and hardship for Jews in Israel and around the world, we find comfort in the Haftarah reading and the words of Isaiah: “בְּכָל־צָרָתָם לוֹ צָר וּמַלְאַךְ פָּנָיו הוֹשִׁיעָם בְּאַהֲבָתוֹ וּבְחֶמְלָתוֹ הוּא...
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