by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Parasha Meditations
Summer Session – Torah and Healing – Herbal Workshop HikeI’ve always been a “peacenik”, even before I turned teenager. I never could understand why the whole world wasn’t able to get along in universal peace and brotherhood. I grew up in the aftermath of...
by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Parasha Meditations
Bat Ayin sunset through one of the Magen David’s on the student dorm windowsWhen I was a little girl growing up in Denmark I remember the song “Mah Tovu, Ohalecha Ya’acov….”[1] – “How goodly are your tents Ya’acov, your dwelling places Israel.” My sisters and I...
by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Parasha Meditations
We have entered the heat of Tamuz enjoying the last chances to play our instruments in happy rejoicing before the three weeks of semi-morning. As we come closer to the mourning for the destruction of the Temple we are called to purify our hearts from jealousy and...
by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Parasha Meditations
As the heat wave is burning in Eretz Yisrael so is the fire of jealousy burning in Korach’s heart. Fire can warm and give light. It can be useful yet it can also be dangerous and burn you and your property. A fire which can burn a house may be caused by machloket and...
by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Parasha Meditations
Rebbetzin with B’erot Alumna Chana Introduction Twenty one years ago during Parashat Beha’alotcha we left USA, where we had to live for four long years, as my husband paid off his student loans by serving as a physician in the Memphis Correction Center. In...
by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Parasha Meditations
Rebbetzin and some of B’erot’s staff and students at Chana’s wedding Hope you are enjoying the month of Sivan as much as I do. It is filled with lights of Torah and ripening fruits.This week’s parasha is about lighting the eternal lights. Its name...
