Hanukkah Reads
photo credit: Juniper Books As the flickering lights of Hanukkah invite us into their warmth and holiness, it feels like the most natural thing in the world to cuddle up with a good book together with those we love. Reading together
photo credit: Juniper Books As the flickering lights of Hanukkah invite us into their warmth and holiness, it feels like the most natural thing in the world to cuddle up with a good book together with those we love. Reading together
Ben Bag Bag said, “Turn and turn about in it [the Torah] for everything is in it; and within it you shall look, and grow old and gray over it, and not stir from it; for there is no better
Four entered the orchard: Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Elisha and Ben Azzai and Ben Zoma. Ben Zoma gazed and died, Rabbi Elisha cut down the plantings, Ben Azzai gazed and was harmed. Only Rabbi Akiva emerged in peace. THE ORCHARD
I wrote Chicken Man after living and working on Kibbutz Mizra. I had a friend who worked in the ‘lul’ [lool] – the chicken coop. His charming stories of the chickens and the fun he had in the lul convinced
What a healthy relationship to time, viewing it not as a mark of age, but as an opportunity to grow in wisdom. If I learned a page a day, then instead of resigning myself to being one day older, I
“Few artists in the Jewish world capture the beauty of holiness, and avodah [worship]…than Yoram Raanan.” ~ Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Raanan’s paintings add a dimension of renewal, revival and hope. His paintings create a bridge between past and future, the individual
You have suffered a change that alters the very system that you live by. No wonder you feel like you world is in chaos. You can’t cope or figure life out anymore. You don’t believe that anybody can help you,
A long life is not good enough, but a good life is long enough. THE COMMITTED LIFE PRINCIPLES FOR GOOD LIVING FROM OUR TIMELESS PAST by Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis ~ review by Cindy There is a charming story about an
While the universal messages of the Bible echoes around the world, the text, in all its hundreds of translations, always speaks in a particular idiom – that of Israel’s nature and agriculture. – Nogah Hareuveni THE BIBLICAL HERITAGE SERIES 1.
Women who have the ability to emulate G-d by bringing children into the world and wear multiple hats on any given day are truly unique and beyond measure. A woman is her husbands’ confidante, the mother of their children, the
“Why was it,” she asked herself, “that animals can sometimes subdue their predatory ways in only a few months, while humans, despite centuries of refinement, can quickly grow more savage than any beast?” – Diane Ackerman, The Zookeeper’s Wife, pg.
The truth is: When you are sinking, when you are totally wrapped in your own fear and pain, it is still possible to break out. God’s Loving Presence surrounds you at all times; God shares your pain as only an
It’s often past belief that I, that I alone of all the millions who had come to grief, that I without a scratch climbed from the vale of bones. At times I can’t imagine it, it’s past belief. Perhaps I
THE SECRET SHOFAR OF BARCELONA Jacqueline Dembar Greene Illustrated by Doug Chayka The Secret Shofar Of Barcelona takes place in Spain during the late 1400’s and early 1500’s. This was a time of intense Antisemitism and severe persecution of the
Suffering humanizes us. Ignoring suffering dehumanizes us… Attunement to suffering makes us more compassionate. It also helps us appreciate where we come from and all that it took to get us to where we are. We have to remind ourselves
© Copyright 2021 His-Israel.com