Seder for the Seventh Night, by Rabbi Evan J. Krame
Reposting this in 2020 to make it easily findable now: from founding builder Rabbi Evan J. Krame comes a haggadah — not for the first or second night of Pesach, […]
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New Questions for Seder 2020
For those who can’t read images, or who want to copy-and-paste- a transcription: How is this night the same as other Passovers in the past or in the imagined future? […]
Palabras del Torá / a “vort” of Torah from R’ Sunny Schnitzer
Each month Bayit offers regular 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 […]
Resources for Pesach in a Time of Quarantine
It may be hard to imagine a seder during sheltering-in-place or quarantine. But the Passover seder is a home-based ritual that can be meaningful even when one is homebound. Even […]
Bringing Sketchnoting to the B-Mitzvah Classroom
The first time Steve Silbert sketchnoted one of my divrei Torah, I was enthralled. The things he chose to highlight showed me what he found interesting in what I had […]
Palabras del Torá / a “vort” of Torah from Rabbi Bella Bogart
Each month Bayit offers regular 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 […]
AJL wants Beside Still Waters in “every Jewish library”
Another great review of Beside Still Waters — this one from the Association of Jewish Libraries! Rachel Barenblat, ed. Beside Still Waters: A Journey of Comfort and Renewal. Bayit: Building […]
Rabbi Jack Riemer reviews Beside Still Waters
Rabbi Jack Riemer reviewed our first print publication, Beside Still Waters, for the February 2020 edition of the Berkshire Jewish Voice. The review is reprinted below. Buy copies from your […]
Holding complexity, simply / Graceful Masculinity: Yitro
Part of a year-long Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. אָנֹכִי יְקוָק אֱלֹהֶיךָ, אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים: I am Hashem, your G-d, who took you out of […]
Innovating, learning, recharging
Cross-posted from Velveteen Rabbi: reflections on this year’s innovation retreat. Within moments of arrival we’re talking about how fulfilling it is to learn from each other across the denominations. R’ […]