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...

Shalom uvracha to all of the wonderful B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: I hope and trust that following the inspiring and moving Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services, the holidays of Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah, brought additional pleasure...

Dear B’nai Shalom Families, Members, and Friends: At the most recent gathering of my weekly Shiur (Shabbat afternoon class) during Seudah Shlisheet (the traditional Third meal, Shabbat afternoon), we engaged in a lively, interesting, and informative conversation...

Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: While summertime is a time of great joy, pleasure, and relaxation for many people, there is a portion of the summer that does not match the joyfulness that often accompanies the summertime. As you will be reading this,...

Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: As you are reading this bulletin, we will be about halfway between the joyous festival of Shavuot, (behind us) and the sadness-filled fast day of Shiva Asar B’Tammuz, coming up in just a few weeks. There is ALWAYS...

Dear B’nai Shalom members, friends, and families: Having recently returned from (what I discovered was my…) 25th trip to Eretz Yisrael, I would like to share with you a number of observations and points of interest from our trip. I hope you will find this helpful,...

Dear B’nai Shalom members, friends, and families: When we completed the Fast of Esther just before Purim, we found ourselves in the longest stretch on the Jewish calendar until the NEXT fast day: Shiva Asar B’Tammuz, the 17th day of Tammuz, four months away. This is...

Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: Although the joyous and festive holiday of Purim has only just concluded, we nonetheless turn our attention (as always) to the custom-filled and traditionally-rich holiday of Passover immediately. I share the following...

Dear B’nai Shalom members, friends, and families: As we all know, it is a universal truth that life is meant to have a start and a finish, a beginning that we all celebrate and an ending which we typically mourn. Hashem intended our lives to be abbreviated – hopefully...

Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: I hope and trust you all had a happy Tu Bishvat, the most recent of our Jewish holidays. If you were fortunate enough to participate in a Tu Bishvat Seder, you may have the joy of sharing your experience with the many...