Part of a periodic Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. לֹא-תִקֹּם וְלֹא-תִטֹּר אֶת-בְּנֵי עַמֶּךָ, וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ: אֲנִי, יְהוָה. You shall not take revenge nor shall you bear […]
Part of a periodic Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. אָדָם, כִּי-יִהְיֶה בְעוֹר-בְּשָׂרוֹ שְׂאֵת אוֹ-סַפַּחַת אוֹ בַהֶרֶת, וְהָיָה בְעוֹר-בְּשָׂרוֹ, לְנֶגַע צָרָעַת–וְהוּבָא אֶל-אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן, אוֹ אֶל-אַחַד מִבָּנָיו הַכֹּהֲנִים. If […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]