Here’s an attempt to tie together the incredible Game Seven of the World Series (Cubs vs. Indians), this week’s Torah portion of Noah and the Flood, and the upcoming or impending Election Day USA:
My sister Esty, Esther Aidel (Rubin) Cohen, a wife and a mother, passed away six years ago in Manchester England at age 33. Her yartzeit (Hebrew anniversary of her passing) is on the 25th of Tishrei, which is two days … Read the rest
On Hoshanah Rabba (this year on the Sunday of Sukkot 5777 / 2016) Mendel Brikman passed away at the young age of 43. He was a father, son and husband. He was a business-owner and an active member of the … Read the rest
Some years we tell this great story near the end of YomKippur, as the day nears its close and climax with the Neilah prayer. This year we told the story on the Shabbat in middle of Sukkot, as the holiday … Read the rest
One year on Sukkot we did an Israeli-themed meal and over all that food asked students to share a favorite memory of Israel. Being it was on the holiday, we had to remember as much as we could after the … Read the rest
The Sukkahleh Song has indeed become a favorite tradition at Shabbos House. Generation after generation of students here have savor and treasure it, considering it an anthem of sorts. Indeed, we sing it almost every night in the Sukkah, in … Read the rest
Parshat Haazinu likens G-d to an eagle “who awakens its nest, hovering over its eaglets…”
Question folks! Why an eagle? What’s the comparison here, what are lessons learned, why the eagle metaphor? We ended Minyan early and had some time … Read the rest
A year or two ago, we shared a different “Like a Rope” post for Parsha Haazinu, where the verse compares Jacob’s Heritage to a Rope. See our past post here: “Like a Rope – Crimping a Cable”This time … Read the rest
For several years we do a “Yom Kippur Appeal” at the close of our Yom Kippur services on campus. One year we did the “Take5” challenge, last year we did the “Hakhel” initiative. … Read the rest
Many World Series don’t even get … Read the rest