With Pesach near, this week’s essay lists several additional excellent readings themed to the holiday.
We begin with one of my favorites, Rabbi Shmuel Goldin’s “Unlocking The …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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3/29/23
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Pesach commemorates events that clearly defined our people’s history and purpose. So, when I happened upon a commentary on a Haggadah whose author’s name brings to mind events in my past, …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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3/22/23
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In English references, names of our Jewish holidays are almost always listed and used in the Hebrew terms, even those that have English equivalents. That is all holidays, except one, Pesach, which …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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3/8/23
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There are many high quality commentaries and translations on the Book of Exodus. Here are two that deserve your attention.
“Redeeming Relevance In The Book Of Exodus” (Urim …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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1/25/23
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In a rare observation concerning the saddest day on the Jewish liturgical calendar, Ahuva Gray, Chicago born granddaughter of sharecroppers from Mississippi and an adult convert to the Jewish …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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8/3/22
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Only a British born and bred rabbi — Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks zt”l — could have authored the following theologically-based teaching:
To paraphrase Shakespeare, …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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6/29/22
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The new book by Rabbi Boruch Oppen of Cedarhurst, “Lessons Learned From My Children,” leaves the reader with practical lessons extracted from normal life occurrences. Rabbi …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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10/27/21
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The following is an excerpt from Rabbi Evan Hoffman’s “Parsha Themes in Historical Perspective,” published this summer by Gefen Publishing. This section is titled “The Missing …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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9/2/21
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Beginning with Shabbos Chazon and until the Shabbos before Rosh Hashana every haftorah comes from the book of Yeshayahu.
This column considers a book published by Artscroll in 2009, “Rav …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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7/29/21
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Grenade! Grenade! The very mention of this word can send shudders down the spine of even the most battle hardened. The instinct is to run. However, on the first of Av in 2006, one brave …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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7/16/21
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