Like every year, we receive many images from our communities around the world for every holiday. We're pleased to share a visual experience of the celebrations of Sukkot in our communities from India to Israel! One of the fun things about working with Jewish communities around...
By Rav Reuven Tradburks The last Parsha of the Torah covers less than a day – the first Parsha in the Torah spans 1000 years. Parshat Breishit covers creation, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, Cain’s murder of his brother Abel, and the generations concluding...
Like any community with many generations of roots in a particular region, the Bnei Menashe have many cultural traditions that evolved during their many years in northeast India. This includes special garments and jewelry, foods, songs & music, and dance. Enjoy this brief clip of young Bnei...
As is customary in so many workplaces in Israel, the staff at Shavei Israel had a beautiful 'haramat kosit' - literally a 'raising the glass' to toast the New Year. As we reflected on the many challenges and accomplishments of the past year, including bringing...
Like many Jews around the world, the Bnei Menashe community of northeastern India are gathering to celebrate Sukkot this week. In their festival prayers, the Bnei Menashe offered a special plea, to fulfill their age-old dream to make Aliyah to Israel during the coming year. “Even...
By Rav Reuven Tradburks Haazinu is the second last Parsha in the Torah. It is one chapter of 52 verses, making it one of the shortest in the Torah. All but 8 verses consist of the song of Haazinu. The song is written in the Torah in...
We are so proud to see the brotherhood and support that exists among our communities. Just before Rosh Hashanah, the Shemaya ve Avtalion Community of Armenia, El Salvador brought a badly-needed Torah scroll to the Derech HaHaim Community of Honduras, so that they should be...
By Rav Reuven Tradburks Vayeilech is the shortest Parsha in the Torah. The entire parsha is one chapter of just 30 verses. 1st aliya (Devarim 31:1-3) Moshe goes. And speaks to the entire people. I am 120 years old. I will not bring you into the land;...
By Rav Reuven Tradburks The Torah Reading of Rosh Hashana is read with a unique nusach, a stirring melody. During the year we have a number of different musical trop used for public reading: there is one trop or tune during the year for Torah reading,...
