Young Israel of Phoenix

Category: Machshava

  • Rebbetzin’s Reflection Haazinu

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    Rebbitzen Rachel

    The Art of Listening When we spend time with family and friends, we often have so much to catch up on that we end up in an “everyone is talking at once” scenario, and I often find myself contributing to this potentially rude behavior. We are all so excited to…

  • Pulse of the Machzor – Rosh Hashanah 5787 | Paradoxical Piety: Passion and Prayer in Pre-War Vilna

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    Yisroel Isaacs

    According to satirical news site PreOccupied Territory, a terrorist was recently thwarted when the synagogue service put him to sleep.[1] “The soporific[2] effect of a snail’s-pace Torah reading combined with a droning Rabbi’s address to spare a congregation from disaster this past Saturday morning, when the would-be attacker drifted off…

  • Rebbetzin’s Reflection Rosh Hashana

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    Rebbitzen Rachel

    The Head of the Year I recently asked a group of growth-oriented women what Rosh Hashana brought to mind. The answer, almost across the board, was menu planning, how to elevate our Yuntif tables to make it special. We spend a lot of time on Rosh Hashana eating and davening…

  • Pulse of the Parsha – Nitzavim-Vayeilech 5786 | Michigan Mussar: When the Goyim Get It​

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    Yisroel Isaacs

    Parshas Nitzavim predicts that when Am Yisrael is exiled, the goyim will explain why. On accepting the truth from any source — except when the source is a Michigan attorney general who gets it badly wrong.