Parshat Nizavim 5776 Rabbi Meir Sendor In the Gemara Yuma 20b it says that when the soul passes from the body a voice goes forth from one end of the world to the other. R. Shmuel Edels explains this means…
Divine Buoyancy
Parshat Ki Tavo Rabbi Meir Sendor Our daughter-in-law sent along a note she received this week from our granddaughter’s math teacher: R. was so beautiful in Maths on Friday. We were learning about probability, the concept of things that will…
A Mitzvah Draws a Mitzvah
Parshat Ki Teze 5776 Rabbi Meir Sendor A project called Be Kind received an endorsement recently on an Israel advocacy Facebook feed. It’s a nice idea that developed out of a popular Israeli TV show, משהו קטן וטוב , “Something Small…
Justice of Justice
Parshat Shoftim 5776 Rabbi Meir Sendor This week we started Ulpan in Tzfat. It’s a second level course known as אולפן תעסוקה, Occupational Ulpan, focusing on technical terminology and practical expressions used in the work world, blue collar and white.…
Service of the Heart
Parshat Re’eh 5776 Rabbi Meir Sendor This is a big week at Livnot U’Lehibanot – the arrival of the Bnot Sherut Leumi. It’s an annual event, the arrival of this year’s group of young women, between the ages of 18 and…
Not-So-Simple Gifts
Parshat Ekev 5776 Rabbi Meir Sendor We met this week with the Chief Rabbi of Tzfat, Rav Shmuel Eliyahu, shlit”a. Since we have moved to Tzfat to teach in his jurisdiction, it was the thing to do, to introduce ourselves…
Finding the Right Note
Parshat Va-etchanan 5776 Rabbi Meir Sendor This week Tzfat really rocked. It was the week of the annual Klezmer Festival, three days and nights of music all over town. Five main stages at main kikarim or town squares feature headline…
Precious Stones
Parshat Matot 5776 Life of souls is the air of your Land, of pure myrrh is your powdered dust, and honey from the comb – your rivers (R. Yehudah Halevi, ‘Zion’). One of the favorite Tzfat stories concerns the great…
