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Thoughts on Parashat Va’etchanan.
Love of God is a basic concept of our faith. Although the idea that the Supreme One reciprocates this love, at all times, is theologically problematic, our history indubitably contains records of the immense love He bestowed upon us – His people. To earn the title of God’s
Thoughts on parashat Devarim.
Prayer is the salient expression of religious emotion and of man’s relationship with God. Presumably every religious person has asked themselves this question: how much prayer do I need in my life and does it make my connection to God stronger? There may be many answers to this
Thoughts on parashat Mattot-Masei.
Recently I re-watched an American classic “Saving Private Ryan”. The main character of the story, Captain John H. Miller, played by Tom Hanks, (spoiler alert) was killed by a German soldier whose life was spared earlier by captain Miller himself, in an act of benevolence and mercy.
Thoughts on Parashat Balak.
Technological progress and the speed of information exchange in the modern world has many advantages. We have at hand basically whatever we need: we can buy almost anything we want within minutes and have it in our hand the next day, we can order tickets to visit countries we have never been and book hotel rooms, we
Who Am I? More importantly, who are you and why don’t you agree with me, because I am right. I know I am right, because if I knew I was wrong, I would know what was right so I would be right again, thus I am right. So why don’t you agree with me since I just proved I was right?
Logic IS the
Thoughts on parashat Korach.
We live in times that are ideologically polarized. Although this polarization often seems to be more evident and severe in the “virtual world” (internet, media), the “real world” is not immune. It is then we experience its effects much more painfully. This “virtual polarization,”
Refleksja nad paraszą Korach.
Żyjemy w czasach ideologicznie spolaryzowanych. I chociaż często polaryzacja ta wydaje się być bardziej ewidentna i ostrzejsza w „świecie wirtualnym” (w internecie i mediach), to „świat realny” nie jest na nią uodporniony. Właśnie wtedy jej skutki odczuwamy dużo bardziej boleśnie.
Thoughts on Parashat Behaalotecha.
To set the stage: Van Nuys, one of the northern neighborhoods of Los Angeles, Monday J
Refleksja nad paraszą Bahaalotecha.
Van Nuys, jedna z północnych dzielnic Los Angeles, poniedziałek ok. godziny 17. Dziennikarka jednej z telewizji rozmawia z kilkoma osobami zgromadzonymi przed sklepem spożywczym. Wszyscy z nich to Afroamerykanie, dwóch spośród mężczyzn trzyma dubeltówki. Jak wielu innych w okolicy, chronią
Thoughts on Parashat Bamidbar
This Sabbath we begin the Book of Numbers, in Hebrew Bamidbar (In the Desert). At the beginning of Parashat Bamidbar God asks Moses to conduct a census of the twelve tribes of Israel. Moses counts 603,505 men able to bear arms (20 to 60 years); the tribe of Levi, however, numbering 22,300 males aged one month and older, is counted separately. Almost
About Rabbi Cantor Menachem Mirski, Ph.D.
Rabbi Menachem Mirski was born and raised in Poland, where he was a musician, a scholar, and active in helping revive the Jewish community in Poland. While still in Poland, he trained and worked as a hazzan, leading weekly services. He is an accomplished musician, performing in the klezmer scene in Europe and America for well over a decade. At the same time, he earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland. His dissertation was on Jewish Theological Responses to the Holocaust.
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