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As we all know too well, there is often a gap between the ideal and reality. In trying to implement our goals, we all too often fall prey to conflict, apathy, inertia and reality. The Jewish people faced this same problem as they approached the sea…
“In each and every generation, one must see oneself as if they had left Egypt”.
In Judaism, we not only commemorate the past, we attempt to experience it, even to re-live it. Why else do we actually have to eat matzah and maror at…
Twice a year, on Yom Kippur and at the Pesach seder, we conclude with the prayer L’shanna haba’ah b’Yerushalayim. It is specifically on these two days when the loss of the Temple is most felt that we express our yearning…
Join us as we welcome Dr. Adam S. Cohen, professor in the Department of the History of Art at the University of Toronto.
Or Chaim Minayn, 159 Almore Ave.
Dr. Cohen will speak as follows
6:05 pm
Picturing Pesach Rituals
A shiur on…
Join Rabbi Jay Kelman for his weekly Shabbat shiur at the Or Chaim Minyan 1 hour before mincha.
Rabbi Kelman will be givng a shiur each of the four days of Yom Tov - 1 hour before mincha
Pesach is the Jewish holiday of hope. It marks the beginning of the Jewish (lunar) year – and new years are always times of hope. It is celebrated in the spring, the wonderful season of hope and renewal. We read Shir HaShirim, the Song of Songs…
Our images of Egyptian slavery are those of forced labor and murder by a ruthless tyrant and his many followers. Despite Joseph literally saving Egypt from ruin, "a new king arose who knew not Joseph" (Shemot 1:8). Taxation, hard labor, loss of…