Halakhah

Making Space

Parashat Korah 5778 Meir Sendor The local Moroccan Beit HaKnesset we go to here in Tzfat has a delightful spirit. Though we have found most kehillot open and welcoming, there’s a different style to Moroccan custom. Everyone prays the liturgy…

Anne SendorJune 15, 2018June 15, 2018 community, ethics, Halakhah, History, Israel, Meir Sendor, Parshat HaShavua, prayer, Tal Orot, Tzfat No Comments

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Echo Diversity

Parashat Bemidbar 5778 Erev Shavuot Meir Sendor Our Self Renovation program wrapped up this week with a two-day intensive meditation workshop. We engaged in a graded set of meditation practices from the kabbalistic and hassidic traditions and accompanying text study…

Anne SendorMay 17, 2018May 17, 2018 community, Halakhah, Israel, meditation, Meir Sendor, Parshat HaShavua, Tal Orot, Teaching, Torah, Tzfat No Comments

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This Land is God’s Land

Parashat Behar 5778 Meir Sendor This is our first spring tending the garden we started last fall, and it’s in bloom now, with figs and lemons ripening, the summer vegetables getting started, bees humming in the flowers, ladybugs beginning to…

Anne SendorMay 3, 2018May 4, 2018 Aliyah, ethics, Halakhah, Israel, Meir Sendor, Parshat HaShavua, Tal Orot, Torah, Tzfat No Comments

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True Blue

Hol haMoed Pesach 5778 Meir Sendor During Hol haMoed we took a day trip with some of our children and grandchildren to Kibbutz Nahsholim on the Mediterranean coast just south of Haifa, to attend the Marine Tour sponsored by Ptil…

Anne SendorApril 5, 2018April 5, 2018 Art, Halakhah, History, Israel, Meir Sendor, Parshat HaShavua, Tal Orot, Torah No Comments

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Open Season

Shabbat HaGadol – Parashat Tzav 5778 Meir Sendor We were in Netanya earlier in the week on the way to teach a shiur, and took time to walk along the seacoast promenade on a warm and partly sunny afternoon. (I…

Anne SendorMarch 22, 2018March 25, 2018 community, Halakhah, Israel, Meir Sendor, Parshat HaShavua, Tal Orot, Teaching, Torah No Comments

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Teamwork

Parashat Mishpatim 5778 Meir Sendor Our olive tree had a branch overhanging our neighbors’ driveway and was dropping olives, making a mess, so we asked our gardener to prune the branch. It’s now the dormant period for the tree and…

Anne SendorFebruary 8, 2018February 8, 2018 community, Halakhah, History, Israel, Meir Sendor, nature, Parshat HaShavua, Tal Orot, Torah, Tzfat No Comments

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All in the Family

Parashat Vayigash 5778 Meir Sendor This week friends who live down the block held a seudat hoda’ah, a meal of thanksgiving, in gratefulness for the husband recovering from a serious illness. During the gathering he recited Birkat ha-Gomel, the blessing…

Anne SendorDecember 21, 2017 community, ethics, Halakhah, Israel, Meir Sendor, Parshat HaShavua, prayer, Tal Orot, Torah, Tzfat No Comments

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Honest Abraham

Parashat Lekh Lekha 5778 Meir Sendor Continuing with our roof repair saga, we looked to get several bids. Our roof is flat, typical of many Israeli homes, and not simple to get to – it requires a long ladder from…

Anne SendorOctober 26, 2017October 26, 2017 Aliyah, community, ethics, Halakhah, Israel, Meir Sendor, Parshat HaShavua, Tal Orot, Torah, Tzfat No Comments

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Rain Dance

Hoshana Rabba 5778 Meir Sendor Since we’re relatively new to the neighborhood, I’m just learning the customs of the local Kehillah (and starting to get familiar with Moroccan nusach). So I asked the Rav where to get the Hoshanot, the…

Anne SendorOctober 11, 2017October 12, 2017 Aliyah, community, Halakhah, Israel, nature, prayer, Tal Orot, Torah, Tzfat 2 Comments

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Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst

Sukkot 5778 Meir Sendor Tzfat is built on top of two mountains, and towards evening the wind often picks up. On the high, open northeast edge of town, where we live, that wind can really roar through the night at…

Anne SendorOctober 4, 2017 Halakhah, Israel, Meir Sendor, Tal Orot, Torah, Tzfat 5 Comments

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