With the American festival of Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, the notion of expressing gratitude is very much in our thoughts. For Jews, this is not an annual event but rather a persistent theme in our hearts and heritage. Indeed, we wake up

Share a Prayer: Hayom Harat Olam; Happy Birthday World!

Sep 15th, 2016

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is among other, things a celebration of the birthday of the world. Unlike our Birthday, which celebrates our becoming one year older, a reality many of us work very hard to hide, on Rosh … Continue reading →

E-Hazzan The Sound of the Shofar

Sep 2nd, 2015

A great silence settles over the packed synagogue as a man cloaked in a white robe with a huge black and white striped Tallit over his head slowly raises and old Shofar to his lips. With majestic fanfare the Rabbi … Continue reading →

A quick and easy guide to understanding the themes and meanings of our Hebrew High Holiday liturgy.

Aug 25th, 2015

Welcome to “Share a Prayer” a quick look at a prayer that is found in our Daily, Shabbat or Holy Day Prayer Service. Often during the course of the service we encounter some real gems that we don’t have time … Continue reading →

Share a Prayer: Sefirat Ha Omer

May 9th, 2014

Share a Prayer – Music of the Shoah

Apr 30th, 2014

Just days after concluding the celebration of the festival of Passover, people throughout the world observe Yom Ha Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. When reflecting on the horrors of the Shoah, one realizes that part of the profound devastation

Share a Prayer: Private Prayer in a Public Context

Feb 20th, 2014

We all know that prayer is both a communal and an individual experience. Our tradition is replete with volumes of prayers that have been composed and codified throughout our history. Psalms and other Biblical sources are thousands of years old,