Rosh Hashanah
Lift Right Left
Posted by Jack Kustanowitz | Tags: Rosh Hashanah
Ever have hagba (or know someone who had hagba) around this time of year? It's a good time to be a righty, as a full chumash worth of parchment is disproportionately wrapped around the right spindle of the sefer Torah. After this week, your left hand will need to only pick up Haazinu and Vezot...
The Avimelekh Syndrome
Posted by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld | Tags: Rosh Hashanah
(Rosh Hashanah 5767) Here we go again! Every year we celebrate Rosh Hashanah and we accept resolutions upon ourselves. But how many of us really change? How many of us allow ourselves to change? How many of us stop our bad habits for good? This year will be different. This year we will...
