By Rabbi Pam Frydman ( A teaching offered on Friday evening when Shabbat began as the first two festival days of Passover were concluding.) Shabbat Shalom. Tonight is Shabbat and the beginning of Chol
By Rabbi Pamela Frydman Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley, California I have a young friend who drives an old car. One day he ran out of gas and he began walking in the neighborhood to look for th
Retold by Rabbi Pamela Frydman[ 1 ] Congregation P'nai Tikvah With our prayer books open to the Amidah for Ne’ilah, I want to share the following story: About 200 years ago, there was a Rabbi named Vo