Thursday November 9th @ 7:30pm
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Sunday November 5th OPENING NIGHT
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My Moroccan Succoth – Sephardic Educational Center
[ad_1] My father, of blessed memory, was born and raised in the Mellah of Marrakesh. All of the Moroccan traditions I practice on Sukkot are customs I learned and inherited from him. Those special Moroccan traditions – which I grew up with and practice to this day – adorn Sukkot with an aesthetic beauty and […]
The Long and Winding Road: Parashat Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1–17:27)
[ad_1] The day God pronounced two simple words — lech lecha — Abraham and Sarah’s lives changed forever. God instructs Abraham to leave his homeland, his birthplace and his father’s home, “to the land that I will show you, and there I will make of you a great nation” (Genesis 12:1-2). “Lech lecha,” go forth — and […]
Judaism’s Mission Statement – Parashat Vayera
[ad_1] Judaism’s Mission Statement Parashat Vayera By Rabbi Daniel Bouskila On November 26, 1936, Rav Ben Zion Meir Hai Uziel delivered a lecture to a large gathering of rabbis in Jerusalem. Titled “The Seat of the Rabbinate,” Rav Uziel’s words were delivered as an introduction to that day’s elections for the Council of the Chief […]
The Sephardic Golden Path – Sephardic Educational Center
[ad_1] (originally published in 2014 still relevant 8 years later) By Rabbi Daniel Bouskila I was raised in a home where terms like “Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Haredi, Secular Zionist” or the like were not a part of our vocabulary. Jews were Jews. In our home, we observed and respected our traditions, including Shabbatot, […]
Hanukkah 1948 – Sephardic Educational Center
[ad_1] Hanukkah 1948 – Sephardic Educational Center Special address to IDF Soldiers by Sephardic Chief Rabbi Benzion Meir Hai Uziel (translated from the Hebrew original by Rabbi Daniel Bouskila) Imagine what it was like celebrating the first-ever Hanukkah in the modern-day State of Israel. December 1948. The State of Israel is a mere 7 […]
Praying in the Dark – Sephardic Educational Center
[ad_1] “Jacob left Beer-Sheba, and set out for Haran. He came upon a certain place and stopped there for the night, for the sun had set” (Genesis 28:10-11). On his journey towards Haran, Jacob encounters darkness in a place that the Torah simply calls “a certain place.” What was this “certain place”? According to some […]
Prayer From the Heart – Sephardic Educational Center
[ad_1] Prayer From the Heart – Sephardic Educational Center (Parashat Toledot – Genesis 25:19 – 28:9) By Rabbi Daniel Bouskila Prayer from the Heart (Parashat Toledot – Genesis 25:19 – 28:9) Parashat Toledot presents us the Torah’s second incident of a barren woman. Like Sarah in the previous generation, we are now told […]