Rabbi SkorkaApr 143 minCelebration amid darknessUnderstanding the meaning of the plagues that God sent upon the Egyptians In Exodus 13:8, the Bible instructs the Hebrew people to...
Rabbi SkorkaSep 14, 20213 minA Time of PurityReflections for Yom Kippur 5782 According to the text of Leviticus 16:30 there is a day on the Hebrew calendar on which God helps the...
Rabbi SkorkaSep 5, 20214 minThe Day for HumanityReflections on the Beginning of the New Jewish Year 5782 On the first two days of the Jewish month of Tischrei, which this year falls on...
Rabbi SkorkaMay 16, 20212 minShavuotThis year’s Shavuot will be remembered by all Jews as the one in which the State of Israel faced a cunning attack by the terrorist...
Rabbi SkorkaMar 24, 20214 minPassover and Easter: A Message of Freedom and ResponsibilityPassover and Easter. A m message of freedom and responsibility.
Abraham SkorkaSep 13, 20202 minRosh Hashanah 5781This will be a different Rosh Hashanah for the Jewish people. In the past, there have been years when some of our people were able to...
Rabbi SkorkaMay 27, 20204 minShavuot, the festival of solidarityShavuot is called a harvest festival in the Torah, since it happens at the beginning of the harvest of the most precious grain: wheat...
Rabbi SkorkaApr 5, 20204 minReflections for Passover in a Time of a Corona Virus PandemicOne of the most important moments of the Jewish tradition is the ritual supper that every family must observe on the night of the first...
Rabbi SkorkaOct 10, 20192 minSukkot – The celebration of faithThe faith of the people on the occasion of their departure from Egypt, the foundational event of Israel, has two aspects. On the one...
Rabbi SkorkaOct 3, 20192 minYom Kippur - A day fully dedicated to the spiritOn the one hand, the Torah refers to Yom Kippur as a day of self-denial (Leviticus 16:29,31; 23:27,32; Numbers 29:7), and, on the other...
Rabbi SkorkaSep 26, 20192 minRosh Hashanah – Judgment and Re-creationThere are two essential concepts at the heart of the holyday of Rosh Hashana: Judgment and Re-creation. At the beginning of each new...
Rabbi SkorkaAug 8, 20192 min9th of Av - Destruction and recoveryAccording to Jewish tradition, the destruction of the first temple in Jerusalem, like the second, occurred on the same day, the ninth of...
Rabbi SkorkaJun 5, 20192 minShavuot- The agricultural festival and the giving and receiving of the TorahShavuot is described in the Torah as an agricultural holiday. On the second day of Passover, the feast of spring (Deuteronomy 16: 1), the...
Rabbi SkorkaApr 16, 20192 minPesach The identity of the Jewish people is determined by everything that happened to our ancestors in Egypt, their process of liberation by...
Rabbi SkorkaMar 21, 20191 minPurim and Its EnigmasPurim is a very peculiar holiday. Judaism teaches to avoid excessive behaviors, but on Purim it is a mitzwah to overindulge with...
Rabbi SkorkaNov 29, 20182 minHanukkahThe book of 2 Maccabees is one of the most important sources to understand the meaning of the Chanukah festival (“Dedication” in Hebrew)...
Rabbi SkorkaSep 27, 20183 minSimchat Torah: The greatest joyThe festival of Sukkot is celebrated over seven days, but the Torah adds an “eighth day” of joy to it: “Shemini Atzeret” (an expression...
Rabbi SkorkaSep 21, 20183 minThe Essence of SukkotWhat is the meaning of the celebration of Sukkot? The question seems unnecessary since there is a biblical paragraph that gives a very...
Rabbi SkorkaSep 13, 20183 minThe Holiness of Yom KippurYom Kippur is the most important day in the Jewish calendar. Since biblical times it was dedicated as the time when in response to a...
Abraham SkorkaSep 5, 20183 minRosh Hashanah 5779 Biblical festivals are generally related to the seasonal events on the ancient agricultural calendar in the land of Israel: Pesach with...