Dear B’nai Shalom Families, Members, and Friends: As you read this month’s bulletin, Jews worldwide are thinking about, and preparing for the upcoming High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. This is part and parcel of the substantive and anticipatory getting...

Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: I begin this bulletin article with my heartfelt thanks to all of the wonderful shul people who reached out to me in one form or another and have conveyed warm wishes of recuperation and recovery. I am most grateful for...

Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: Undoubtedly, you are all just as astounded as we are with having witnessed the revealed miracles of Hashem as He led the brave Israeli Defense Force fighter planes and bombers and their skilled, patient, well-trained...

Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: As you read this shul bulletin, we will be approaching a very exciting time on the Jewish calendar, a joyous holiday for which we prepare with great anticipation and markedly, without much of the demanding and time...

Dear B’nai Shalom members, friends, and families: As good and decent human beings and Jews, we no doubt hold the belief and endeavor to be “better tomorrow than we are today” and to try to improve ourselves in all areas of our lives and in all ways. The logical key to...

Dear B’nai Shalom members, friends, and families: Knowing full well that Jews all over the world are now busily occupying themselves with all of the Pesach preparations and necessary cleaning and changes to our homes, I share the following with you to help make the...

Dear B’nai Shalom members, friends, and families: With the holiday of Purim quickly approaching, I share with you the following points and reminders concerning the holiday which I hope will be helpful to everyone in making the celebration of Purim festive and joyful....

Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: In a recent Shabbat drasha (sermon) and the preceding shiur (class), I spoke about elements of Hebrew that indicate specific meanings in words we learn in the Torah that can be misunderstood and misinterpreted when...

Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: For this month’s bulletin article, it was suggested to me that I present to you a couple recent questions that were posed to me together with the answers I shared with the questioners. I thought that could be an...

Dear B’nai Shalom members, friends, and families: With the next holiday on our Jewish calendar, the festive chag of Chanukah, soon to be upon us, I share with you the following listing of mitzvot, traditions, customs, and rules concerning the holiday. I hope this is...