by admin | Oct 21, 2014 | Blog
“The Land is Mine and you are but sojourners and residents with Me.” (Deuteronomy 25:23) The intersection of Sukkot, the Jewish harvest holiday and the American holiday of Columbus Day was a big WOW on Monday. The synchronization of the secular and Jewish holidays...
by Rabbi Lynnda Targan | Oct 7, 2014 | Blog
“On the first day, you shall take the product of the beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before Adonai your God for seven days.” (Leviticus 23:40) “In the fifteenth day of the seventh month,...
by Rabbi Lynnda Targan | Sep 19, 2014 | Blog
“Everything you need to know about life can be learned from a genuine and ongoing attempt to write.” Dani Shapiro And there I was. Eating a granola breakfast made by the bestselling author Dani Shapiro at a sprawling Connecticut estate owned by a famous television...
by admin | Aug 7, 2014 | Blog
When I first set out to write for my blog it was early July. I was in Israel with my husband enjoying everything I love about Tel Aviv—a WOW at every turn: dinners with cousins, meetings with my glorious Israeli friends, Pam, Judy, Bob, Arona and Michael, eating...
by admin | Jun 15, 2014 | Blog
“This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad on it.” (Psalm 118:24) About a week ago I received an e-mail from the Free Library of Philadelphia, which is a stone’s throw from our apartment, and where we spend a lot of time listening to wonderful...
by Rabbi Lynnda Targan | Jan 10, 2014 | Blog
The Wow of Crossovers This Shabbat where the Jewish community reads the Torah Portion (parasha) of Beshalach, is known as Shabbat Shirah, The Sabbath of Song. It was given the name because of the song sung to God by the Israelites after they cross the Red Sea...
