The Power of Prayer
Perhaps my most favourite reading from our Siddur is the passage adapted from Abraham Joshua Heschel. We read the following words: “With prayer we invite God‘s presence to suffuse our…
Read More »Our Next Solel Board: Are You Curious or Ready?
We have reached that time of year when Solel will be tasking a Nominating Committee to recommend a slate of directors for the next year, and in the interest of…
Read More »Who Will Be for Us?
אִם אֵין אֲנִי לִי, מִי לִי. וּכְשֶׁאֲנִי לְעַצְמִי, מָה אֲנִי. וְאִם לֹא עַכְשָׁיו, אֵימָתָי Im ein ani li, mi li? Uch-sheh-ani l’atzmi, mah ani? V’im lo achshav eimatai? — Rabbi…
Read More »From the Creation of the World to the Creation of a People
Genesis to Exodus – from the creation of the world to the creation of a people and a homeland. Our story doesn’t begin with us as a people, it begins…
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