April 2009 Newsletter

Posted on April 01, 2009

Volume LXVI, Issue 6

There are certain things that happen maybe once or twice in a lifetime, if at all.  These are the events that tend to stick out in our minds forever.  Maybe you caught a foul ball at a baseball game or ran into your favorite celebrity at a restaurant.  Maybe you saw Haley’s Comet.  This month, I need you to know about an event that will rarely happen more then 3 times in anyone’s lifetime on the Jewish calendar.  On Wednesday morning, April 8, we will have the opportunity to recite Birkat Ha-Chamah.  OK, so maybe it isn’t quite as exciting as catching that foul ball.  When I tell you what it means, you may even be less impressed…