Breaking the Chains of Slavery
By Shlomo Bar-Ayal ~ April 18th, 2024 @ 9:09 am No Comments »
The reason that the Jews had to put blood on their doorposts was to rid them of the slave mentality. The purpose was not only to free them but to build them up to be free people.
We Are One Family
By Shlomo Bar-Ayal ~ April 17th, 2024 @ 8:03 am No Comments »
The Hagadah goes out if its way to show the unity of the Jewish people. That when some Jews are suffering then all Jews are suffering.
A Part But Apart of Society
By Shlomo Bar-Ayal ~ April 16th, 2024 @ 8:03 am No Comments »
We are taught that, while we should be involved in the society around us, that we should remember that we are also separate. To protect ourselves we should maintain our own customs and traditions.
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