Monthly Archives: December 2023

Sofʻers Get Creative

All About OLLI

by Sid Goldstein

December 1, 2021

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UH Manoa (OLLI-UHM) is a member-based learning community of adults age 50+. OLLI-UHM offers a program of non-credit, college-level courses, workshops, lectures, events, and other… Continue reading

Snowbirds: Off-Island Sofʻers

Snowbirds at Sea

December 1, 2021

Mahi mahi at Penguin Banks, Molokaʻi

 

Sea turtle checking us out at Kāneʻohe Bay Sandbar


Sof Snowbirds on the Go

September 1, 2021

By Les Rosenthal

In the early evening of August 21st,… Continue reading

Stories & Legends

By Reb Daniel Lev


Reb Zalman’s Two Menorahs: A Hanukkah Tale

November 30, 2021

The great Rebbe of San Francisco, Reb Zalman, had a curious practice that he engaged in on the eighth night of Hanukkah: As on all the… Continue reading

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Shabbat Times

  • Zevachim 92
    The mishnah on today’s daf concerns the blood of the chatat, the sin offering — specifically the one offered in the ... The post Zevachim 92 appeared first on My Jewish Learning.
  • What Exactly Is Hanukkah?
    Yeshayahu Leibowitz — the 20th-century Israel Prize-winning scientist, Jewish philosopher and public intellectual — liked to observe that Jewish tradition ... The post What Exactly Is Hanukkah? appeared first on My Jewish Learning.
  • Zevachim 91
    The mishnah on yesterday’s daf continued the discussion of which offerings take precedence over others with regard to both order ... The post Zevachim 91 appeared first on My Jewish Learning.