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Living History at Neziner Hebrew School (& Mishloach Manot)

Our Neziner Hebrew School Enrichment children were excited to meet Yehuda Sichel head chef at Abe Fisher Restaurant located at 16th and Sansom Streets.  Yehuda came here to BZBI and… Read More

Posted: January 13, 2016 by

What’s in a Name?

Va-era 5776 / 9 January 2016

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn’t just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter When I tell… Read More

Posted: January 11, 2016 by

Welcome to the BZBI Shofar Blog!

The Book of Ecclesiastes opens with the bold statement, אֵ֥ין כָּל־חָדָ֖שׁ תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ, “There is nothing new under the sun” (Eccl. 1:9). If we wanted to be snarky — and after all,… Read More

Posted: January 6, 2016 by

Burial Choices

Vayehi 5776/ 26 December 2015

A friend once told me how his uncle — a well-respected Orthodox rabbi — sought another rabbi’s opinion about where to be buried. He had the opportunity to purchase a… Read More

Posted: December 26, 2015 by

Surrounded by Angels

Vayetze 5776 / 21 November 2015

One reading technique I learned from my teacher, Reb Mimi Feigelson, is something she calls “bracketed reading:” looking at just the first and last elements of a story, parshah, or even… Read More

Posted: November 23, 2015 by

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