Tsafi Lev
Rabbi Tsafi Lev, is the West Coast CLAL Rabbis Without Borders Student Director. He is also the Rabbinic Director of New Community Jewish High School in West Hills, CA.
Articles by Tsafi Lev
Israel or America?
Should the Jews of Europe move? And if so, to Israel or to America?“To the Jews of Europe and to ...
“The State of the Union is …”
Every January I reflect on the lessons of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and his good friend Dr. Martin Luther King, ...
Hanukkah: Noticing Beauty in Darkness
“To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.” -Walt Whitman.Hanukkah is not just about ...
Gratitude: Let it Grow, Let it Grow!
The human trait of Hakarat HaTov, literally “noticing the good” but often translated as gratitude, is a perfect character trait ...
Do You Believe in Ghosts?
Recently a woman asked me if it was okay during her prayers to pray to her deceased mother. She said,”the ...
Gratitude and Forgiving the Unforgivable
A while back I suggested a unique way of doing the chesbon nefesh (soul’s accounting) we are expected to do ...
The Four M’s
Does the synagogue you attend speak your language? If you are not a synagogue goer, might you go if the ...
What Should Your Rabbi Talk About?
Tisha B’Av (Aug. 5th), which commemorates the destruction of the Temple also marks the seven week countdown to Rosh Hashanah. ...
The Nine Days
As of yesterday, Monday July 28th, we Jews have begun “The Nine Days.”You may not know what I’m talking about, ...
Corporations Are Not Religious
The Supreme Court gives corporations Freedom of Religion protection. Absurd. At the close of this season’s Supreme Court rulings, the ...