This is the bread of affliction that our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. All those who are hungry, let them enter and eat. All who are in need, let them come celebrate the Passover. Now we are here; next year in the Land of Israel. This year we are enslaved. Next year we […]
What makes people do things like risking their lives to go to Nepal and climb Mount Everest? According to mountain guide Adrian Ballinger, humans just really aren’t meant to exist in such places. “Even when using bottled oxygen,” he explains, “there’s only a very few number of hours that we can actually survive up there […]
Although our world has been forever altered this past year, long before COVID the winds of change have been blowing. In one generation, snail mail turned into email, rotary phones turned into cell phones, and Blackberry turned into an iPhone. There’s uncertainty concerning politics, gender, marriage, support for Israel and many other issues that were, […]
In Jewish consciousness, there’s an idea that the three festivals-Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot-correspond to the three Patriarchs. Passover corresponds to Abraham, Shavuos, Isaac, Sukkot to Yaakov (Jacob). Being as Sunday night is the first night of Sukkot, we will focus on Yaakov and the fact that he is associated with this festival. The scriptural source […]
Pesach/Passover 5778-2018 And You Shall Tell Your Children In every generation they rise up against us to destroy us. And the Holy One rescues us from their hands. (Passover Haggadah) These words will hopefully be familiar to anyone who grew up attending a Passover Seder; but is it true that non-Jews have attempted to destroy us […]
Aaron Oppenheim, local Jewish man and CTC member who is serving as a unit combat commander in the IDF, needs your help in buying good quality bullet proof vests for his team of soldiers. Help Aaron and the Charlotte Torah Center sponsor these vests. Click on the link below to donate. All donations go towards bullet proof vests […]
Hands are for Mitzvot! Can you help out at any of these events? Please email Sara@charlottetorahcenter.com if you can help Charlotte Torah Center, CJWI & JWRP Alumni community service hours given to all teens who assist ! **All events held at the Charlotte Torah Center new location unless noted otherwise. Address is: 5668 International […]
Join the warm and inviting community of the Charlotte Torah Center for a delicious festive meal for Rosh Hashana after services on both Wednesday Sept. 24 and Thursday Sept. 25. Connect with the community, share traditions and learn together with family and friends during our interactive meal for the whole family. Please RSVP by Sept. […]
A Word from Rabbi Chanoch Oppenheim Jews know that we don’t eat bread on Passover, but we go to extremes during this particular time of year because of the peculiar law stat ing that we must purge chometz (leavened bread) from our possession. Interestingly, we don’t find the idea of eradicating forbidden things as part […]