Yesterday we celebrated Tu B’Av (ט״ו באב), also called the Jewish Festival of Love. Kabbalah teaches that love is the force that transforms separation into unity. Coming after Tisha B’Av, the day that commemorates destruction and division, Tu B’Av...
Yesterday was Tisha B’Av, the most solemn day on the Jewish calendar, when we mourn the destruction of our Temples and the many losses our people have endured. Yet Judaism does not leave us sitting among the ruins. In every generation we are called to look toward to...
Yesterday was a heavenly Shabbos. While watching a tiny hummingbird hover among our purple-blooming jacarandas, two radiant arcs of color appeared against a brilliant blue sky, dancing among the wispy clouds.Moments like these invite us to pause and give thanks. They...
Two years ago, a little Australian Shepherd named Lady came into our lives. She looked so much like our beloved Pebbles, who blessed our lives for fifteen wonderful years, that her name naturally became Miss Lady Pebbles. This week, we celebrated her 2nd birthday. Our...
Shabbat Shalom and Happy Fourth of July! ✡️❤️🤍💙 Below is an excerpt from a poem I wrote in May 1998. Time has passed, and the world has changed, but my prayer for our beloved country remains the same. As we celebrate her 250th anniversary, may we never lose sight of...
Happy Sunday and Father’s Day to all the fathers I know and love On this Father’s Day, and every day, I remember my father, Haviv Shimoni, with love. This sign, displayed in a Gan Saker near the Knesset in Jerusalem bears my father’s name, also hangs...
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