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October 5, 2014 By bethmordecai no comments.
A Moving Tradition Yom Kippur Day 5775 – October 4, 2014* Rabbi Ari Saks Congregation Beth Mordecai A week ago today, on a quiet Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur a small group of Jews gathered at Beth Mordecai in Perth Amboy, NJ to schmooze, to learn, and to drink some schnapps. In addition to the laughs and the cajoling needed to convince everyone around the table that it was ok to drink before noon, we had some really interesting conversations about our shul and about Judaism in general. One comment that spurred some interesting discussion was when one of our community members, let’s call him David, said “I think that Judaism or all of religion for that matter is about comfort.” As[...]
Category : Rabbi Ritual Practice Sermons Yom Kippur Tag : Amidah comfort Granting Desires high holidays Jewish Home for Your Soul Jewish prayer Moving New Jersey Star Ledger prayer Rabban Gamliel rabbi rabbi eliezer Rabbi Gerald Zelizer sermons Sh'moneh Esrei tradition Un'taneh Tokef Unetaneh Tokef yizkor Yom Kippur
December 12, 2013 By bethmordecai no comments.
*Note: This message is longer than usual אם רוצה לבשלן יחד ואין שם ס' מותר (יורה דעה קט:ב) If you want to cook together two different kinds of food [that are generally forbidden from one another], and one of the kinds of food is less than 1/60th of the other kind, then the mixture is allowed (Yoreh Deah 98:2) Dear Hevreh, Outside of observing Shabbat, there is probably no greater indicator of Jewish religious observance than keeping kosher (shomer kashrut). Yet even more than simply religious observance, the act of keeping kosher in some capacity indicates our cultural attachment to Judaism. For instance, one person I spoke to recently says "I eat bacon, but I don't eat ham because that's what my father taught[...]
Category : Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Ritual Practice Tag : kashrut kosher rabbi rabbi's journal ritual practice shulkhan arukh
November 27, 2013 By bethmordecai no comments.
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Category : Hanukkah Ritual Practice Tag : hanukkah kavannah prayer Reb Mimi Feigelson ritual
October 21, 2013 By bethmordecai no comments.
Learn how to chant the first paragraph of the Sh'ma
Category : Learning Online Learning Ritual Practice Tag : first paragraph sh'ma shema v'ahavta veahavta yisrael
April 25, 2013 By bethmordecai no comments.
Learn to read the 3rd paragraph of the Sh'ma
Category : Jewish Ritual 101 Learning Online Learning Ritual Practice Tag : sh'ma shema tzitzit vayomer