Life Cycle
Sleepless in Persia
Posted by S. Kim Glassman | Tags: Life Cycle
Originally written the shabbat before Purim 2011/5771 - but please - let's spread this far and wide so it has time to circulate by next purim- something to consider, to incorporate... Discuss, respond, comment, but mostly, if you want and would, please pass along... been contemplating this for a...
Writing Your Own Torah - On Your Wedding Day and Every Day
Posted by Al Kustanowitz | Tags: Life Cycle
One of the 613 mitzvot, in fact the last of the 613, is that every Jew should write a copy of the Torah. It is derived from the passage in Parshat Vayelech that says “V’atem kitvu lachem et hashira hazot” – “So now, write this song for yourselves.” Our sages derive from this verse that every Jew...
