People Hearing without Listening Rabbi David Kalb is the director of OTS’s Jewish Learning Center “People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening. People writing songs that voices never share. No one dared. Disturb the sound of silence”. (“The Sound
Shlichut as a Way of Life: Serving the Jewish People Through Emissary Work Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum is the founding director of OTS’s Beren-Amiel and Straus-Amiel Emissary Training Programs For me, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are days of contemplation, a
The Breath of Life Rabbi Shlomo Schachter is a shaliach of the Straus-Amiel Emissary Training Institute serving as the Associate Rabbi of Congregation Schara Tzedeck in Vancouver, Canada As a general rule of thumb in Judaism, the more important something
Remembrance and the Journey from Judgment to Mercy Rabbi Ohad Teharlev is the director of Israeli Programs at Midreshet Lindenbaum There are two Memorial Days in the Jewish-Israeli calendar: Rosh Hashanah, and Remembrance Day for fallen IDF soldiers and victims
The Importance of Melody in the Journey of Teshuva during the High Holidays Pnina Omer is the director of OTS’s Yad La’isha: The Monica Dennis Goldberg Legal Aid Center & Hotline The journey of teshuva – repenting and finding forgiveness
Shmita and Rosh Hashana: A Time of Renewal Rabbanit Dr. Hannah Hashkes is the Director of OTS’s International Halakha Scholars Program It is not always easy to get into a festive mind frame in the hustle and bustle of modern
Hi God, it’s me – Tova Tova Levine is Co-Director of Education for HAHET (Hale Adult Hebrew Education Trust) in the UK, and a Beren-Amiel emissary alongside her husband, Rabbi Evan Levine In April of this year, I was eight months
The Ten Days of Atonement: Connecting Heaven and Earth Rabbi Shay Nave is the director of OTS’s Yachad Program for Jewish Identity Jewish time is a complicated business. The Jewish calendar is a double calendar of sorts. On the one
An Opportunity to Begin Anew Rabbanit Devorah Evron is the director of OTS’s Susi Bradfield Women’s Institute of Halakhic Leadership (WIHL) The commandment regarding Rosh Hashanah appears several times in the Torah, yet only one account in the Tanakh (in
The Haunting Sound of the Shofar Rabbi Ari and Laura Silbermann are shlichim from OTS’s Straus-Amiel Emissary Training Institute, currently serving as Rabbi and Rabbanit of Mizrachi UK in Manchester, England The piercing sound of the shofar is our way of enthroning
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