Unconditional Love
The rabbis in Ethic of Our Ancestors teach us that all love that is dependent on a specific condition, when that condition stops existing, the love too will stop existing. But love that is not dependent on a condition will last eternally. This week in Parshat Toldot we see this lesson played out in the favoritism displayed by Isaac and Rebecca for their twins Esau and Jacob. We are told straight out that Isaac favored Esau because he had a taste for game, but Rebecca favore
Jacob Cherry to be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah; mazel tov to the Cherry and Schwartz famili
Jacob Martin Cherry, son of Midbar Kodesh Temple members Mindi and Mark Cherry, will be called to the Torah at Midbar Kodesh Temple in December. Jacob is the grandson of Chuck and Susan Schwartz; BarbaraSue Barnes, and Lewis Barnes, of blessed memory; and Roslayn Cherry, and Sherwin Cherry, of blessed memory. He will be joined by family and friends from Nevada and as far away as Israel, Illinois, Tennessee, California and Arizona. Jacob, a National Junior Honor Society stud
Our All Encompassing Religion
One of the beautiful things about our tradition is that every aspect of our lives is touched by Judaism. The halachik system or Jewish Law, affects what we do from the time we wake in the morning until we go to sleep at night, and there are even guidelines about how you are supposed to sleep. Even intimacy and sexual relations are discussed, argued, and legislated by the rabbis in the Talmud. Author Maggie Anton gives us access into the minds of the rabbis and their attentio
