Oct
20
October, 20th 2023
Dear Hebrew Academy Community:
I am sure that most of you feel just as I have been feeling for the last week: It is so difficult to think about just about anything other than our family—literally and…
Oct
13
October, 13th 2023
Dear Hebrew Academy Community:
The month of Cheshvan, which is generally referred to as Mar Cheshvan—Bitter Cheshvan, begins this coming Monday. It is known as Mar Cheshvan because it is the only…
Sep
28
September, 28th 2023
Dear Hebrew Academy Community,
Sukkot should, in many ways, be celebrated as the holiday of inclusion and unity. In a year during which we at Hebrew Academy have dedicated ourselves to reinforcing…
Sep
14
September, 14th 2023
Dear Hebrew Academy Community:
As I think about the still very new school year and about the period of introspection and Teshuva in which we are all engaged, I bring to your attention an interesting…
Sep
8
September, 8th 2023
Dear Hebrew Academy Community:
Near the end of Nitzavim we read four beautiful, poetic Pesukim (which, by the way, Avraham Fried turned into a beautiful song) which translate to: For the Mitzvah I…
Aug
31
August, 31st 2023
Dear Hebrew Academy Community:
As we complete our second week of school—time goes by so quickly-- I should like to direct your attention to two messages which I hope will characterize the religious…
Aug
25
August, 25th 2023
Last week, days before the start of school, we entered into the month of Elul, which calls upon each of us to begin a process of introspection and Teshuva (Repentance). What exactly is Teshuva? Or…
Jun
9
June, 9th 2023
Dear Hebrew Academy Community:
Right in the middle of B’Ha’alotcha the Torah interrupts the narrative of Bnai Yisrael’s travel through the desert with two Pesukim: ויהי בנסוע הארון ויאמר משה קומה ה'…
Jun
2
June, 2nd 2023
As we all know, during Birkat Kohanim – the special blessing in this week’s Torah reading with which the Kohanim bless the rest of the nation -the Kohanim are required both to lift their hands and to…
May
19
May, 19th 2023
The Gemara (Megillah 31b) states that when Ezra HaSofer initiated the cycle of weekly Torah readings, he determined that Parashat Bechukotai should always be read immediately before Shavuot. The…
