Parashat Tazria-Mezora 5781 by Meir Sendor In the blessing for Torah learning that we pray before the Shema we ask HaShem: “on behalf of our ancestors who trusted in You, and You taught them the rules of life, so, too,…
Tikkun Olam
Parashat Tazria/ Mezora 5780 Meir Sendor The basic mitzvah of Sefirat haOmer, in which we are engaged during this season, is simply to count aloud, day by day, each of the forty-nine days of the seven weeks from Pesach to…
Freedom Ride
Online Course in Jewish Meditation Instruction We’re now in the process of forming an online course in Jewish Meditation Instruction. If you are interested, please let us know! Parashat Metzora – Shabbat HaGadol 5779 by Meir Sendor We voted in…
What’s Up, Doc?
Parashat Tazria – Parashat haHodesh 5779 by Meir Sendor Jewish historians have noticed an odd recurring image in a number of medieval illuminated manuscripts of the Pesach Haggadah. Like modern haggadot, these medieval versions are decorated with pictures illustrating the…
Continuing Education
Parashat Tazria-Metzora 5777 Meir Sendor This week we had a bunch of bureaucratic errands to get done. Israeli government agencies have earned a certain Kafka-esque reputation, but frankly, in our experience, especially in Tzfat, the people we have met are…
