Parashat Devarim, Shabbat Hazon 5780 Meir Sendor The Mishnah says “When the month of Av enters, decrease joyfulness (Ta’anit 4:6)” This year it won’t be much of a stretch to get in the mood – but will we get the…
Waterworks
Chol HaMoed Sukkot 5780 Meir Sendor Israel’s second round of elections remains inconclusive, as Knesset members continue to wrangle over whether and how to form a unity government. Most Israelis I speak with, from a wide range of political persuasions,…
Unified Vision
Parashat Devarim – Shabbat Hazon 5779 by Meir Sendor This week included the yahrzeit of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, the Ari z”l, on the 5th of Menachem Av. It’s an important occasion, especially here in Tzfat, where he revealed and taught…
From the Mouths of Babes
Shavuot 5779 by Meir Sendor This week we attended a ceremony celebrating our granddaughter and her kindergarten grade receiving their first Chumash – appropriate preparation for the upcoming Yom Tov of Shavuot. It was cute – but also more than…
Dependence Day
Acharei Mot/ Kedoshim 5778 Meir Sendor There’s a special feeling to Yom HaAtzmaut this year, celebrating seventy years since the founding of the State of Israel. In Pirkei Avot it says “seventy years signifies the venerability of old age (5:27),”…
