Dear Friends, Hope you had a spirited prayerful Rosh Hashana, as we did here at Midreshet B’erot Bat Ayin, where more than twenty women prayed, learned, shared words of Torah, sang and crowned Hashem together. For some of the participants this was their first...
Every Rosh Hashanah, on the first afternoon, a short while before sunset, I’ve been joining my community in the ritual of Tashlich (literally “to cast forth”). We go to a place of natural water (lakes, rivers or sea) where there are fish. Here in Bat Ayin, we all go...
Haftorat Nitzavim – VayelechYesha’yahu 61:10-63:9Dearest Friends,I was excited to learn new insights about how redemption is compared to a Jewish wedding from this Haftorah. It also teaches us about setting and reaching our personal goals at this time before...
Rebbetzin’s Yovel Celebration in her gardenAs the sixth of the seven haftarot of consolation read between Tisha B’Av and Rosh Hashanah, this penultimate haftarah describes the unfolding of the light of redemption in glowing words. I experienced a glimpse of this...
Haftorat Ki Teitzei, Yesha’yahu 54:1-10As the fifth of the seven haftarot of consolation read between Tisha B’Av and Rosh Hashanah, this haftarah of only ten verses, conveys a compact, powerful and comforting message for the single woman, the divorced, widowed and...
