Reflections on Color the Omer
When Color the Omer came out, we described it as “a tool for counting the Omer with mindfulness and beauty.” We invited folks to color each page while meditating […]
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Graceful Shame / Graceful Masculinity: Shmini
Part of a periodic Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. וַתֵּצֵא אֵשׁ, מִלִּפְנֵי יְהוָה, וַתֹּאכַל עַל-הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, אֶת-הָעֹלָה וְאֶת-הַחֲלָבִים; וַיַּרְא כָּל-הָעָם וַיָּרֹנּוּ, וַיִּפְּלוּ עַל-פְּנֵיהֶם. A fire went forth from […]
Celebrating In the Light of Peace
On Saturday evening there was a digital book launch for In the Light of Peace, Bayit’s latest publication, a volume of spiritual poetry and photography. For those who missed it, here’s […]
Graceful Offerings / Graceful Masculinity – Vayikra
Part of a periodic Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. וְאִםמִן–הָעוֹף עֹלָה קָרְבָּנוֹ, לַיהוָה: וְהִקְרִיב מִן–הַתֹּרִים, אוֹ מִן–בְּנֵי הַיּוֹנָה—אֶת–קָרְבָּנוֹ. If one’s offering to Hashem is an olah offering […]
Announcing In the Light of Peace!
Mazal tov to Leiah Bowden, Abby Bogomolny, Sally Churgel, Rita Rapoport Rowan, and the Ner Shalom community: this week Bayit is releasing In the Light of Peace, a collection of poetry. Here’s […]
#ColorTheOmer at ReformJudaism.org!
Jews customarily count the Omer during the seven weeks between the second day of Passover and the beginning of Shavuot, a process dating back to when ancient Israelites would offer an omer (an ancient Hebrew measure of […]
Digital Afikomen: Building the “Seek and Find” Online
Here’s a stellar example of adapting the physical to the digital, right in time for home Passover rituals online. From R. Lex Rofeberg (Bayit’s newest Sounding Board member, of Judaism Unbound fame) and his […]
Keep the Fire Burning
During 5781, a group of Bayit builders, led by R. Cynthia Hoffman, is studying the writings of the Baal Shem Tov. First and foremost we’re studying “lishma,” for the sake […]
Palabras del Torá / a “vort” of Torah from R’ Sunny Schnitzer
Bayit offers video “vorts” (words of Torah / teachings from Jewish tradition) offered in or translated into Spanish, designed for Cuban Jewish communities and available to Spanish-speaking Jews everywhere. This […]
Approaching Our Second COVID Seder
New from Bayit’s Liturgical Arts Working Group comes this offering of poetry, liturgy, and artwork for this second pandemic Pesach. This collaborative collection is available in two formats: as a downloadable PDF […]