Leah’s Blog – Holocaust Memorial Day
Holocaust Memorial Day – April 2025 Leah’s blog We will be commemorating Holocaust Day officially here in Israel this Thursday. I, for one, do not need to be remi
Leah’s Blog Pesach 2025
Pesach – The bitter coated treasure 2025 – Leah’s Blog Tradition has it that we have collectively been sitting down to seder night for t
Pekudey 2025 – Leah’s Blog
Pekudey 2025 – Leah’s Blog “Lord save me”, I mumble under my breath as there is a huge balagan in our house now. Our fridge died last week unexpectedly but
Leah’s Blog – Parashat Teruma 2025
Terumah February 26, 2025 I felt the silence so loud. Years and years of silence. Walking baby Benayah in his stroller through newer and newest neighborhoods here in Itamar, the so
Leah’s Blog – Parashat Yitro 2025
Leah’s blog -Yitro February 2025 I don’t know if I ever told you this but – I’m hot blooded – to the point where my sweaters are still tucked on the bottom sh
Leah’s Blog Parashat Beshalach 2025
Beshalach – February 2025 February is here and Tu B’shvat is just around the corner. The almond trees are blossoming early this year since we never really had a winter. I r
Leah’s Blog Parashat Bo 2025
Parshat Bo – January 2025 Memories of Butter bun Bakery on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, where I used to wait for the school bus, has me watering at the mouth. My fellow class
Leah’s Blog Parashat Vaerah 2025
THE TORAH Not in a trunk hidden away in the attic, our old manuscripts, letters of covenants are read and re-read here in the synagogue. Rolled out in fresh parchment that the scri
Leah’s Blog – Vayigash – January 2025
Leah’s Blog – Vayigash – January 2025 “And the brothers sat down to eat bread”, the end of the first Yosef Hatzaddik Chapter in what I call the real b
Leah’s Blog Chanukah 2024
Leah’s Blog – Chanukah 2024 Reminiscence of Chanukah lights up warm spots on my heart. Once upon a time before cell phones, my sister and I would be waiting for the bus
