by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
Our hope is not lost, the hope of two thousand yearsTo be a free people in our land, the land of Zion and Jerusalem.-Hatikvah, Israeli national anthem
This year's observance of
As principal of a Jewish school in the US, I always felt that once we hit Tu Beshvat, the year is over - there is no time or energy left to do anything except cope with the succession of holidays, get ready for the end of the year, and work on the plans, hiring, etc. for next year.
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
The ocean sounds, O Lord, the ocean sounds its thunder, the ocean sounds its pounding.
Encamped at Gilgal, in the steppes of Jericho, the Israelites offered the Passover sacrifice on the fourteenth day of the month, toward evening.
