Death and the BT
by Akiva of The Mystical Paths Blog Often family events are a challenge for the BT. Whether dealing with the religious ramifications of attending family holiday events, which may involve non-kosher...
View ArticleTaharah, Teshuva and Understanding the Soul
Since we had one article about the issues surrounding death and the BT this morning, we thought it might be a good opportunity to point to this great article at Aish titled: Taharah A Personal Look at...
View ArticleWhat mourning taught me
My father A”H passed away in early June. It wasn’t sudden-sudden, but it was sudden enough. He wasn’t young, but he was certainly not old enough. We loved him and we let him know it, and that we were...
View ArticleBlinded by the Light
Toldos 5774-An installment in the series From the Waters of the Shiloah: Plumbing the Depths of the Izhbitzer School For series introduction CLICK By Rabbi Dovid Schwartz-Mara D’Asra Cong Sfard of...
View ArticleIf You Can’t Stand the Light, Get Out of the Vision
Bo5774-An installment in the series From the Waters of the Shiloah: Plumbing the Depths of the Izhbitzer School For series introduction CLICK By Rabbi Dovid Schwartz-Mara D’Asra Cong Sfard of Midwood...
View ArticleIf you Really Want Unity, Stop Sleeping!
Yisro 5774-An installment in the series of adaptations From the Waters of the Shiloah: Plumbing the Depths of the Izhbitzer School For series introduction CLICK By Rabbi Dovid Schwartz-Mara D’Asra Cong...
View ArticleMemory vs. Mortality
What are we to make of the teaching of our sages that “Yaakov our Patriarch never died,” in light of his remains being embalmed and interred? Yisrael is the name usually associated with this person’s...
View ArticleDeath and the BT
by Akiva of The Mystical Paths Blog Often family events are a challenge for the BT. Whether dealing with the religious ramifications of attending family holiday events, which may involve non-kosher...
View ArticleTaharah, Teshuva and Understanding the Soul
Since we had one article about the issues surrounding death and the BT this morning, we thought it might be a good opportunity to point to this great article at Aish titled: Taharah A Personal Look at...
View ArticleWhat mourning taught me
My father A”H passed away in early June. It wasn’t sudden-sudden, but it was sudden enough. He wasn’t young, but he was certainly not old enough. We loved him and we let him know it, and that we were...
View ArticleIf You Can’t Stand the Light, Get Out of the Vision
Bo5774-An installment in the series From the Waters of the Shiloah: Plumbing the Depths of the Izhbitzer School For series introduction CLICK By Rabbi Dovid Schwartz-Mara D’Asra Cong Sfard of Midwood...
View ArticleBlinded by the Light
Toldos From the Waters of the Shiloah: Plumbing the Depths of the Izhbitzer School For series introduction CLICK By Rabbi Dovid Schwartz-Mara D’Asra Cong Sfard of Midwood Yitzchak had grown old and his...
View ArticleYaakov Never Died: Memory vs. Mortality
What are we to make of the teaching of our sages that “Yaakov our Patriarch never died,” in light of his remains being embalmed and interred? Yisrael is the name usually associated with this person’s...
View ArticleIf you Really Want Unity, Stop Sleeping!
Yisro-An installment in the series of adaptations From the Waters of the Shiloah: Plumbing the Depths of the Izhbitzer School For series introduction CLICK By Rabbi Dovid Schwartz … and Israel camped...
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