Dear Friends, This Shabbat, Shabbat Shuvah [the Shabbat of Return] gets its name from the beginning of the special haftarah that we read on the Shabbat between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur. This haftarah begins with the words of the prophet Hosea (14:2): “Shuvah, Yisrael, ad Adonai Elohecha…[Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God…].” Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, As we approach this final Shabbat of 5782 and prepare to welcome the new Jewish year of 5783, I would like to wish all of us a Shana Tova u’metukah – a sweet and a good year, filled with joy and blessings! And, I look forward to seeing many of you at services Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, Queen Elizabeth’s reign lasted for 70 years! She was an amazing human being who stood tall through thick and thin, through good times and bad times, through periods of war and of peace, through political ups and downs, through family issues, sorrows and celebrations. Queen Elizabeth passed away as we read the weekly Torah Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, Our Torah Portion of Shof’tim [Judges] begins with the words: “You shall place judges and magistrates for yourself at all of your gates…”. Isn’t this obvious? Of course, we need to have a system of justice in our society in order to maintain a just society. Nevertheless, as this Torah Portion is read Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, Rosh Chodesh Elul begins tonight and the month of Elul begins on Saturday night! We are just one month away from Rosh HaShana….Every day of the month of Elul, beginning this Sunday morning, you will receive a brief spiritual email message from RST to help us get into the spirit of the High Holy Continue Reading »
This Shabbat we will be reciting the Blessing of the new Jewish Month of Elul – the month of preparation for the High Holy Days. Rosh Chodesh Elul will be a week from now – beginning on Friday night, August 26th, and continuing on the following Saturday and Sunday. This Shabbat, a full week in advance Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, I hope you will join us this Friday night and Shabbat morning as we celebrate Eli and Seth Green’s bar mitzvah! Mazal Tov to Eli and to Seth and to their entire family!!! This Shabbat is named Shabbat Chazon [the Shabbat of Vision] as the first word of the haftarah (the traditional weekly Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, I hope you will join us on Shabbat morning as we celebrate this year’s adult b’nei mitzvah group – Elaine Abrams; Joseph and Bogie Edouard; Eliane Freund; and Beverly Phillips – and their teacher: Roy Lasris! It is bound to be a very special service!!! These adult b’nei mitzvah have devoted time and Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, Not all of us are fathers. Nevertheless, I wish all those who celebrate Father’s Day, a very happy and fulfilling Father’s Day weekend. Some of us have fathers whom we can celebrate with and some of us do not. Some of our fathers are still with us in this world and some of Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, In the journey of Torah, of time and of holidays, we have travelled from Passover, from Egypt and from conscripted slavery all the way through Shavuot, the Festival of the First Fruits and of the Giving of the Torah. We yearn to be free, individually and as a people, yet we have seen Continue Reading »
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