…A yad (Torah pointer) is used to keep one’s place while reading from the Torah scroll toprotect the parchment and handwritten text. Shabbat Shalom John! Welcome to Ha'azinu (Listen), this week's Parsha (Torah Portion). Please join us as we focus on the Torah portion that will be read in synagogues around the world during this […]

Rosh HaShanah (Head of the Year) …the beginning of the Jewish year 5777.(10th October 2016) Symbols of Rosh HaShanah (Jewish New Year) Shana Tova, John! Happy Jewish New Year 5777! "Say to the Israelites: 'On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated […]

TheLost Tomb of Jesus. "But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips … holding…to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as…these." (2 Timothy 3:1-5) … Mea Shearim (Hundred Gates), which was established in […]