Cal Maritime Jewish Association

03/23/2018

Shabbat Shalom!
Wishing you a very restful and happy Shabbat. Where will you be?

03/22/2018

Thought?

You’ve momentarily left the playroom. Your son begins to taunt his older sister. You’re about to rush in as referee to prevent the impending battle, when you pleasantly discover that your daughter hasn’t taken the bait. Instead of fighting back, retorting angrily or using her fists, she choose...

03/19/2018

There are times when your soul craves to be spiritual, and there are locations that seem so conducive to filling that need. A retreat in the mountains, a walk at sunset on the beach, a guided meditation deep in the woods. But while doing so can feel very spiritual—and you may even experience a clo...

03/10/2018

Shabbat Shalom!

What are you most looking forward to this week?

For local candle-lighting times: chabad.org/candles

03/08/2018

Success is the magic that floods my efforts with satisfaction. But success is never a guarantee, because there are so many variables that play into my ideal outcome.

03/07/2018

03/06/2018

02/28/2018

The day the Jews battled their enemy was a day of fasting and prayer. And fasting also preceded Esther’s approaching Ahasuerus. We commemorate these fasts . . .

02/28/2018

Share Your English & Change Someone's Future

02/27/2018

A little good news in the wake of everything else.

2,500 young participants at the 10th annual Cteen Shabbaton

02/27/2018

Sweet & Savory

02/26/2018

Your Daily Dose of Jewish Wisdom:

The last written work of the Rebbe before his stroke centered on the following thought. The Rebbe personally handed a copy to thousands of people. I believe it is a summary of who we are and what we must do:

Self-sacrifice in a land of freedom penetrates to the bone.

I saw men and women who sacrificed all they had to defy the religious persecution of the Bolshevik regime. They came to a land of freedom and comfort—where is their greatness now?

Then there is the child of that land of freedom and comfort, worshipping it, chasing after it—but inside he is crushed by the spiritual void. His inner being does not let him alone, the spark inside that cries, “This is not what I truly want! I don’t want this world! I don’t want any worlds! All I want is Him alone!”

This is the crushing of an olive for its oil. The oil spreads and Your Daily Dose of Jewish Wisdom:

It is the light from which the messianic era is formed. It penetrates every fiber of his being. His every faculty begins to burn. And there shines the source of light that can never be extinguished nor dimmed.