by Mordechai Dixler | Aug 23, 2013 | Lifeline
The congregation of Rabbi Aharon Karliner zt”l arrived at the haunting chant which begins the Rosh Hashanah morning service. The notes soared over the still congregants, the Rabbi in deep meditation. Then, they reached the crescendo with the first word of the...
by Mordechai Dixler | Aug 8, 2013 | Lifeline
The sound of the Shofar can already be heard every morning in synagogues around the world. The Jewish month of Elul began this past Wednesday, a month of preparation for the holiest season of the year, the Yomim Noraim, the Days of Awe. Besides the sounding of the...
by Mordechai Dixler | Jul 26, 2013 | Lifeline
Judaism gives us many opportunities to acknowledge the gifts the Al-mighty has given us. This is done primarily by reciting short prayers — blessings — throughout the day. We say on Sabbath mornings that “if our mouths were filled with song like the...
by Mordechai Dixler | Jul 3, 2013 | Lifeline
Would you trust a child with matches? When my daughter was two years old, our apartment building had an electrical fire that ultimately destroyed the two apartments above us. After we evacuated, my wife and I sat with our children on a nearby hill, along with most of...
by Mordechai Dixler | Jun 13, 2013 | Lifeline
In response to the ungrateful cries and complaints of the Jewish people, G-d sent a plague of poisonous snakes. Moses put the form of a copper snake on a pole and raised it up high, and as people would gaze at the snake they would be healed. The Mishna (Rosh Hashana...
