חוֹקֵר כְּלָיוֹת חָטָאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ רַחֵם עָלֵינוּ You, Examiner of Kidneys, we have sinned before you, have compassion upon us! from the Selikhot prayers of the Edot haMizrakhi, the Jews of the Middle East This week our parashat hashavua is BeHar Sinai, “on Mt Sinai.” It seems jarring to us and strange to see this reference to Mt Sinai longContinue reading “Shabbat BeHar Sinai: What do kidneys have to do with Sinai?”
Torah for the 21st Century by Rabbi Ariel Stone
תּוֹרָה הִיא, וְלִלְמוֹד אֲנִי צָרִיךְ This too is Torah, and I need to learn it – BT Berakhot 62a
Torah for the 21st Century by Rabbi Ariel Stone 