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The Joy of Adar

Early Childhood at BZBI: January 2018

On the evening of February 15, we welcome the Jewish month of Adar, the month in our tradition when we are filled with an extra abundance of joy. As educators… Read More

Posted: January 31, 2018 by

Are You Listening?

Va-Era 5778 / 13 January 2018

The Vizhnitzer Rebbe had a habit of taking a walk on Friday afternoons, just before Shabbat. Sometimes he would walk through the town square, sometimes through the forest paths. Wherever he went,… Read More

Posted: January 18, 2018 by

Questions of Character

Shemot 5778 / 6 January 2018

The first third of Exodus contains a lot of action, but the two main characters, Moses and Pharaoh, overshadow all else. In their first encounters with God, they each ask… Read More

Posted: January 9, 2018 by

Moving Forward, Looking Back

Va-yehi 5778 / 30 December 2017

I once drove with a friend to the rural town where he grew up. As we turned onto the country highway that would take us into town, we fell silent… Read More

Posted: January 3, 2018 by

Getting Better Together

Chug Shirah B'tzibur

On Wednesday evening, December 20, twenty-three people gathered in the BZBI chapel to learn and sing Hebrew rounds. We got right down to learning a fairly difficult 4-part round. The… Read More

Posted: December 27, 2017 by
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