Journal

Rosh Chodesh Av opens the most solemn stretch of the Jewish year — yet its very name, Menachem Av, means ‘the comforter.’ A reflection on mourning, endurance, and the turn from grief to comfort.

  Between the joy of Rosh Hashana and the solemnity of Yom Kippur, the Jewish calendar offers us a unique moment: Shabbat Shuvah – the Shabbat of Return.   It is a time suspended between celebrati...