For TU B’SHEVAT: Two Poems by Alter Esselin (A Torah study led by Rabbi J.B. Sacks on January 20, 2024) With Tu B’Shevat coming this week, let us look at two poems by the Yiddish poet, Alter Esselin. Esselin was born with the name Orkeh in the Russian empire in 1889. His father died when […]
Rosh HaShanah Second Day: The Tree and You (A Community Discussion led by Rabbi J.B. Sacks on September 27, 2022) We just put the Torah away, and the last words we sang were the Eitz Chayyim Hi. It is actually sung whenever we read the Torah. The chumash that we usually use to follow […]