
A Bisl Torah – Transformed through Challah
Making challah is involving ourselves in a ritual that was meant to nourish someone else in need.
Rabbi Nicole Guzik is a rabbi at Sinai Temple. She can be reached at her Facebook page at Rabbi Nicole Guzik.

Making challah is involving ourselves in a ritual that was meant to nourish someone else in need.

This week, our community is mourning the loss of Jonah Anschell.

Our tradition doesn’t merely equate remembering with the mental exercises of thinking and lamenting. Whether we remember a loved one or event in our history, we ritualize the moment.

This week we are mourning the passing of our dear rabbi, colleague and friend, Rabbi Zvi Dershowitz.

It took a long time for my tree to grow. But it has been worth the wait.


Choosing between goodness and ruthlessness is entirely up to us.

Purim should be taught as the eternal reminder to our people: we will not let the voices of evil diminish and destroy our Jewish spirit.

Love is more than chocolate and roses. Love is choosing to grow.

Our children are reaching a time in which survivors will no longer walk this earth. We will be the guardians of their stories.