Word Prompt – GEULAH – JJ Eleff
We compare Moshiach times to the ocean because, when you stand at the shore and look at the ocean, all you see is water. But there is an entire world living inside that ocean.
Word Prompt – GEULAH – Pesach Lattin
The Chofetz Chaim kept a Moshiach suit pressed and ready. Just as a soldier must be ready for battle, every Jew must be prepared for Moshiach.
Word Prompt – GEULAH – Elli Fischer
Is the founding of modern Israel the beginning of our geulah? I don't have much to say about whether this is or isn't a messianic moment, but it seems fairly clear to me that the events of the past 80 years can be described as a geulah.
Word Prompt – GREEK – Moish Warsawsky
Historically, Greece wasn't precisely the antagonist during the Maccabean era; instead, it was the Assyrian Greeks, a faction of the Greek Empire based in Syria.
Word Prompt – SHEITEL – David Curwin
The German word derives from the Indo-European root *skeyt, meaning to cut, part, separate. That ancient root also gave us the English verb to shed, meaning to cast off.
Word Prompt – SHTREIMEL – Ana Mandelbaum
Shtreimel signifies pride in Judaism and in traditions. It’s pride in connecting our current to our past.
Word Prompt – GEULAH – Adena Berkowitz
As a religious Zionist, I say the Tefillah L’shlom HaMedina – the prayer for the State of Israel recited in shuls across the world every Shabbat. It includes the iconic words that the creation of the State of Israel is reishit smichat geulateinu – the first flowering of our redemption.
Word Prompt – DARK – Ruchama Feuerman
Another thought that I see no point in exploring: The Jewish day begins at night, gets dark, and darker, then most dark, and less dark until darkness gives way to light.
Word Prompt – GEULAH – Yishai Fleisher
Sadly, many of us are addicted to the idea that redemption is a top-down phenomenon and we revert to ghetto thinking, as though we are powerless and only a strong outside force can make change.
Word Prompt – RISHON – Yonatan Milevsky
It is not surprising therefore that the only word we have to associate with this concept, rishon, comes from the most basic human feature, the head, a connection made by the 12th-13th century figure, Rabbi David Kimhi.
Word Prompt – CHACHMA – Adena Berkowitz
All of us have a daily opportunity to model lives filled with Yiddishkeit together with integrating secular wisdom and modernity.
Word Prompt – CHACHMA – Shmuel Phillips
On some occasions chachma-related teachings appear downright bizarre: say to wisdom – you are my sister. While chachma bagoyim ta’amin (you can accept that non-Jews have wisdom), wisdom of the Greeks remains strictly off-limits.
Word Prompt – PURIM – Daniel Finkelman
Things happen to us that seem haphazard and random; there seems to be no system in place, no direction to this cold and harsh universe. This is not true.
Word Prompt – GOLD – Alexandra Fleksher
The funny thing about trends is our personal tastes and preferences seemingly go out the window.
Word Prompt – SCENT – Solly Hess
How often do we sit and reminisce? Reaching far back as we long to recapture those defining moments of growth and joy and to see and feel the people we no longer can.
Word Prompt – RIVKA – Bin Goldman
One of the key lessons that Rivka teaches us about leadership is the importance of balancing confidence and a willingness to push boundaries with considerations of morals and character.
Word Prompt – FLICKER – Daniel Finkelman
If I use my wisdom to teach, the student learns, and I come out wiser for it; if I share my love with another, I become more loving, not less. When you give a spiritual gift, the recipient gains, and you lose nothing.
Word Prompt – SINAI – Shira Boshnack
Shavuos is our wedding day, when we recommit ourselves to our relationship with Hashem. We don’t just look at our photo album and videos from the wedding, we re-experience it.
Word Prompt – DARK – Sara Pachter
He attributes his mega success to his blindness, but it didn’t seem so at first.
Word Prompt – SALTY – Naomi Nachman
Something that is salty in terms of cooking means it’s not seasoned properly, but too much salt or being salty could also be applied to balance as well.
Word Prompt – SHVITZ -Yitzchak Sprung
Would that we could sweat out impatience, addictions, anger, and our many other self-destructive behaviors that leave us worse off, closed off, and far off the mark!
Word Prompt – GEMARA – Shani Taragin
As I study the pages of Gemara, the literature of Torah Sheb’al-Peh is transformed to a live discussion between Tannaim and Amoraim across generations...
Word Prompt – ASHES – Ariel Rackovsky
There is an ancient custom, recorded in the Talmud of placing ashes on the head of the groom, in the place where tefillin is usually worn, as a way of fulfilling the verse If I do not place Jerusalem on the head of my rejoicing.
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