Parashat Naso 5778 Meir Sendor This week we took a little trip with a family friend to visit Peki’in, a picturesque village nestled in the mountains in the upper Galil. Until the twentieth century it was a town in which…
Mystic Pizza Mamash
Parashat Va-Etchanan 5777 Meir Sendor In Tzfat the figure of Rabbi Yitzhak Luria, the Ari z”l, looms large. And rightly so. He electrified the local kabbalistic community in the few years he lived here, from 1570 to 1572, with his…
Higher Education
Parashat Yitro 5777 Meir Sendor Picturesque as Tzfat is, it’s the people here who give this town its character. I have a chavruta with an older rabbi, a long-time resident, who has a strong background in Jewish philosophy, a bright, wise…
Our Big Tent
Parashat Vayera 5777 Rabbi Meir Sendor On Wednesdays Tzfat hosts an open-air Shuk, a bustling farmers’ market and flea market. Fruit and vegetable stands are piled high with colorful produce. There are tables with all kinds of spices and nuts…
Living Waters
Parshat Mas’ei 5776 ירמיהו פרק ב פסוק יג כי שתים רעות עשה עמי אתי עזבו מקור מים חיים לחצב להם בארות בארת נשברים אשר לא יכלו המים: For two evils have my people done to Me: Me they have…