The Importance of Ritual
By Shlomo Bar-Ayal ~ March 31st, 2025 @ 7:43 am No Comments »
Ritual is important. The Book of Leviticus deals with the ritual of the Tabernacle and the bringing of sacrifices. But if it is not tied to morality, it is meaningless.
The Jewish New Year
By Shlomo Bar-Ayal ~ March 30th, 2025 @ 8:48 am No Comments »
Untrue to popular belief, Nisan is the first month of the Jewish year. The holiday of Rosh Hashanah is the anniversary of the creation of man. Nisan is the anniversary of the creation of the Jewish nation.
How To Improve The World
By Shlomo Bar-Ayal ~ March 28th, 2025 @ 7:32 am No Comments »
The Prophetic reading for this week speaks to the future building of the 3rd Temple. For Jews the way to change the world and bring the Messianic age is to do more commandments and express our loving kindness toward others.
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