Akiva Calendar
Rabbi Grossman’s Corner
PARASHAT SHELACH LEKHA – All about Challah
In this week’s parashah, God tells Moses to instruct the Israelites that when they enter the land of Israel and they bake bread, they must set aside a portion for God. And you eat of the bread of the land, you shall set aside as a gift to the Lord: as the first yield...
Parashat Nasso
This week, I'd like to refer to an article written on the "My Jewish Learning" Blog: Parents as Models
Parashat Bamidbar
My daughter was working on a French assignment – reading a previously unseen text and answering questions. One of the questions provided the first sentence of a couplet and asked the student to write a rhyming second line. “When am I ever going to have to do...
Parashat Emor – Say it like you mean it.
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...