Monthly Archives: May 2022

Aharei Mot

May 29, 2022

Drash by Sandra Z. Armstrong

We were instructed and guided out of Egypt to a new place and now we are to receive the noblest instructions from God. The final separation, death, is confronted in the opening… Continue reading

Recent Sof Drashes

Shabbat HaGadol & Story

May 4, 2022

Drash by Reb Daniel Lev

According to the great scholar of the Jewish Time-Cycle, Reb Eliyahu KiTov,

For as long as the days of the Tanna’im and Amora’im, it has been customary in… Continue reading

Books & Book Club News

Jewish in Hawaiʻi Book Club

The JIH Book Club reads Jewish fiction and non-fiction picks which are selected by the group. Members rotate as “wranglers” leading the group in lively and interesting discussion. The group is a fun mixture of… Continue reading

From the Yiddish Book Center

The Yiddish Book Center Weekly Reader

From Lorna Holmes


May 2022

Detroit Gefilte City
Each year, the Hermelin family of Detroit comes together to celebrate Passover, and central to their seder meal is the family’s homemade gefilte fish. Now that… Continue reading

Some Amusement

In the Field

May 2022

From Peter Fritz & Les Rosenthal

Schwartz, an elderly man, is resting peacefully on the porch of his small hotel outside of Boca when he sees a cloud of dust up the road. He walks… Continue reading

Sofʻer Profiles

Naomi Olstein Jewish Education Fund

May 2, 2022

by Sandra Z. Armstrong

The Naomi Olstein Jewish Education Fund at Sof Ma’arav has been created to honor the memory of Naomi in a way that will keep her close to us.… Continue reading

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