Parashat VaYeira

The Wisdoms of Welcome

The Wisdoms of Welcome

Parashat VaYeira - By Rabbi Steve Greenberg - Three tired and hungry travelers are accosted by an old man. He is running, actually limping toward them. He beseeches them to come back with him and to take some nourishment, some food and drink, to rest their feet for a bit in his home. He prepares [more]
Can you see the flowering Eshel in the wilderness?

Can you see the flowering Eshel in the wilderness?

Parashat VaYeira - By Miryam Kabakov - The Eshel community was invited to spend a recent Shabbat with the Sixth Street and Stanton Street shuls, two Orthodox communities on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.  The hospitality, hachnassat orchim, extended by these shuls made us feel like these were our communities.  Orthodox allies intermingled, learned together, ate and [more]