by RabbiOlivier | Apr 21, 2014 | Adult Learning, Holidays, Torah Reflections
A Connection Through Time Sunday is coming to a close, and tomorrow night is the first night of Passover. I just finished cleaning our house and I can’t imagine there could be any chametz anywhere. Chametz is the Hebrew word that stands for all leavened...
by RabbiOlivier | Apr 21, 2014 | Adult Learning, Holidays, Torah Reflections
The Kabbalah of Passover A few years ago, at our annual Bet Alef Community Seder, I shared with those in attendance — members and non-members alike — a tradition that has been in my family for, I suspect, many generations. Growing up, I remember...
by RabbiOlivier | Apr 21, 2014 | Adult Learning, Holidays, Torah Reflections
Preparing for Passover #1 Mah Nish’tanah? What Has Changed? This is the time of the year, personally, when I delight in re-opening the Passover Haggadah and in looking inside for more treasures to be revealed. Four years ago I compiled a new version of the...
by RabbiOlivier | Dec 13, 2012 | Community, Events, General, Holidays, Israel, Press
Could you pinch me please? I am having a hard time believing it, but we are here—we are all here—in Israel, ready to embark on a new journey of self-discovery through the landscape and the people of this magical land. I took a taxi from the airport to Jerusalem on...
by RabbiOlivier | Sep 19, 2012 | Adult Learning, Holidays, Torah Reflections
Back to Life, Back to Reality The Ten Days of Awe between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, are an opportunity to enter into a time of personal retreat, the theme of which is “forgiveness.” The path of forgiveness is one of the most powerful spiritual paths...
by RabbiOlivier | Apr 6, 2012 | Holidays, Torah Reflections
A Connection Through Time Thursday is coming to a close, and tomorrow night is the first night of Passover. I just finished cleaning our house and I can’t imagine there could be any chametz left anywhere. Chametz is the Hebrew word that stands for all...
