by Cindy Warren | May 2, 2018 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
Do you ever feel like the words you impart to your children hang in the air above them, never quite penetrating their brains (and conscience)? I imagine them hanging there, floating like a balloon that slowly sinks to the ground as it deflates. And then trampled on...
by Cindy Warren | Apr 26, 2018 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
This week’s double portion falls approximately in the middle of Leviticus, the middle of the 5 books of the Torah. And just about in the middle of this double parshah is the commandment – ve-ahavta le-re’ekha kamokha – love your fellow as you love yourself. Treat...
by Cindy Warren | Apr 18, 2018 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
For this week, I would like to share the following D’var Torah by Yaffa Epstein. Yaffa Epstein lives in Jerusalem and is blessed to teach Talmud, Jewish Law, and Liturgy at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. Yaffa is a recovering lawyer, and is currently...
by Cindy Warren | Apr 12, 2018 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
D’VAR TORAH BY: ROBERT TORNBERG This week’s parashah, Sh’mini, consists of three distinct parts that do not appear, on the surface, to relate directly to one to another. Let’s begin by looking at a summary of each of these parts. The first...
by Cindy Warren | Mar 22, 2018 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
Many, many years ago, my husband and I would host the first Seder for our family in our apartment and then walk to Cooki’s house the next day to spend the second Seder with her family. Cooki’s husband Barry was my PhD supervisor and my husband and I spent many...
by Cindy Warren | Mar 15, 2018 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
This week’s D’var Torah is brought to us by Deborah Gettes, a consultant for special needs education for the Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education of Greater Philadelphia. Understanding the concept of korbanot gives us concrete ways to live our...
