The Latest from BZBI

All Posts

Teaching Torah, Teaching Teshuvah

Ki Tavo 5776/24 September 2016

Parashat Ki Tavo marks a turning point in Sefer Devarim. With the exception of the first five verses, the entire book until now has recorded Moses’ final address to the children… Read More

Posted: September 27, 2016 by

A Refuge in Time on the Path of Return

Shoftim 5776/10 September 2016

Elul is well underway. We are about a week into the last month of the Hebrew calendar, a month dedicated to the work of teshuvah– of reflection, self-assessment, repentance and… Read More

Posted: September 12, 2016 by

Bread from the Sky, Bread from the Earth

Ekev 5776/27 August 2016

My favorite challah, unquestionably, is the whole-wheat challah from my friend Michael Dolich’s Four Worlds Bakery in West Philly. They’re 100% whole wheat, but they’re moist and just sweet enough,… Read More

Posted: August 29, 2016 by

High Holy Days Ticket Pick Up

I have never seen someone rearrange a pretzel tray so many times – well, I had never really seen a pretzel tray. It was five years ago – I recently had… Read More

Posted: August 25, 2016 by

“Va-ethannan is Spiderman’s Parsha”

Va-ethannan 5776/ 20 August 2016

First let me start with my disclaimer… I am not a rabbi, scholar or academic psychologist.  I enjoy spinning what I read and hear into new, and sometimes not so… Read More

Posted: August 24, 2016 by

top