Category Archives: Jewish Calendar

HNY — New year message from Rabbi Baruch Cohon

HNY — New year message from Rabbi Baruch Cohon If you’re Jewish, happy 5774!  And if not, happy rest of 2013 or whatever number you observe.  Starting Wednesday at sunset and continuing Thursday and Friday, the Hebrew calendar inaugurates its … Continue reading

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BLESSINGS AND GRAMMAR–birkas cohanim – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

BLESSINGS AND GRAMMAR –Numbers 6:22-27 – birkas cohanim – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon           Three sentences that we read in the Torah this week get repeated all the time – in Christian houses of worship, in Masonic funeral ceremonies, and most often in … Continue reading

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354 DAYS AT A TIME – Emor by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

354 DAYS AT A TIME – Emor – Lev.21-24           You probably heard about the fellow who decided to become an atheist.  He left his family’s house of worship and turned his back on religion.  But then a few weeks later, he came back.            “You … Continue reading

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