“Letters from the Land of Israel”

The Sephardi World Weekly’s “Letters from the Land of Israel” series looks at the Jewish holidays (Rosh HaShanah, Hanukkah, Passover, etc…) through the lens of Classic Sephardic Judaism.

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2024

25 January
The Surprising Sephardi Significance of Tu BeShevat

2023

23 November
The Jewish Meaning of Thanksgiving

26 July
Spies and Sensibility: Envisioning Excellence on Tish’a B’Ab

5 April
A Sephardi Sage’s Timely Thoughts on The Festival of Freedom

6 March
Classic Sephardi Sages on Purim: Costumes, Charity, & Communitas

2022

24 November
Covenant and Cornucopia: A Classic Sephardi Thanksgiving

23 November
Rescue, Repentance, & Reunion: Sigd’s Call for Jewish Unity

14 October
Raising the Sukkah of David: Prophecy, Purpose, & Piyyut

9 October
A Sephardi Sukkot Story: R’Uziel & Etrogim

4 October
El Nora Alila: The Fifth & Final Call for Forgiveness

23 September
Re-envisioning Rosh HaShana 5783

5 August
Overcoming Disunity & Destruction: Thoughts for the 9th of Av

3 June
Jewish Particularity & Purpose: A Sephardi Sage on Shabu’ot’s All-Embracing Essence

5 May
Renewing Our Days: The Period Linking Yom Ha’Atzmaut to Yom Yerushalayim

2021

10 September
Texting & Teshuba: Classic Sephardic Teachings on The Days of Awe

5 September
The Shofar’s Sephardi Significance

24 February
Classic Sephardi Sages on Purim: Costumes, Charity, & Communitas

2020

10 December
Hanukkah & Honeycombs: A Sephardi Sage on Ideal & Real Judaism

18 September
Why do we blow the shofar on Rosh HaShanah?

7 April
The Zoom Ruling: Controversy, Community, & Classic Sephardic Judaism

23 March
COVID-19 Blues: Rambam, Resilience, and the Power of the Mind

2019

28 November
What makes Thanksgiving so special?

27 November
Rescue, Repentance, & Reunion: Sigd’s Call for Jewish Unity

19 April
Pesach Alegre! A Sephardi Sage’s Timely Thoughts on The Festival of Freedom

2018

21 November
Covenant and Cornucopia: A Classic Sephardi Thanksgiving