The elders of the Jews continued to make progress in the building, supported by the message of the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah, son of Iddo. ―Ezra 6:14a Return to me—and I will return to you, say ...
As a rabbi in the late 60’s and 70’s, I remember trying to make Tisha b’Av relevant to my congregation by references to the Vietnam war. In the 80’s and 90’s the temporal proximity of Tisha b’Av to ...
This Shabbat, as Rosh Chodesh and Hanukkah converge, we read a visually striking and spiritually resonant Haftorah: the prophecy of Zechariah (2:14-4:7). It is a vision saturated with light and hope ...