Remember The Past, Plan For The Future
By Shlomo Bar-Ayal ~ April 24th, 2025 @ 7:32 am No Comments »
Today is Holocaust Remembrance in Israel. It is one week before Israel Independence Day. It is not an accident but shows that, even though we suffered the destruction of European Jewry, we got up and continued our mission.
The Little Things Matter
By Shlomo Bar-Ayal ~ April 23rd, 2025 @ 7:42 am No Comments »
While going into the details of the offerings to be brought in the Tabernacle, the Torah reminds us of the laws of Kashrut. To remind us that our daily lives are what makes the big things possible.
Worship Is Not A Game
By Shlomo Bar-Ayal ~ April 22nd, 2025 @ 7:56 am No Comments »
This week’s portion is informing us that in the Tabernacle, and later the Temple, we have to be precise in our rituals. That the service is not a game. We cannot deviate from God’s instructions.
About the Author: Shlomo Bar-Ayal is an Israeli-American, or an American-Israeli (I could never get that right) who is unabashedly pro-Israel, pro-US and a great guy.
He has an open mind to opinions that he agrees with.
Besides blogging on whatever he feels like blogging about on any given day he enjoys learning Talmud, davening, being the candyman in his synagogue, smoking his tobacco pipe, giving tours at the Grand Lodge of New York, being involved in Freemasonry, and partaking in an adult beverage every now and then