Shabbat Parashat Emor One Day at a Time… May 5, 2018 – 20 Iyyar 5778 Dear Friends, I hope you will join us this Friday night as we celebrate Confirmation! Our three confirmands are Reilly David, Dahvi Hochman and Jordan Phillips. Mazal Tov to our confirmands and to their families! Our Torah portion, Emor, reminds Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim Choices…. April 28, 2018 – 13 Iyyar 5778 Dear Friends, All those choices…! Last week I found myself trying to evaluate two completely different plans for healthy eating. I had read two books. Each of the books seemed equally convincing to me, as a layperson. Each seemed to have lots of Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat Tazria-Metsora It’s A New Beginning! April 21, 2018 – 6 Iyyar 5778 Dear Friends, It’s a new beginning! This week Israel celebrated her 70th birthday and we celebrated with her! Remember what life was like 70 years ago? I know…. Not all of us remember 1948. But, even if we don’t Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat Shemini Shabbat Machar Chodesh Shabbat Mevarekhim HaChodesh The Art of Living! April 14, 2018 – 29 Nisan 5778 Dear Friends, We have just experienced Passover and the special foods that accompany its celebration. We did our best to relate the Passover story to our communal and individual lives today. Then, we moved on Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat Tzav Shabbat HaGadol Happy Passover! And Passover Tips… March 24, 2018 – 8 Nisan 5778 Dear Friends, This is the last Shabbat before Passover! We read the weekly Torah portion of Tzav which describes various kinds of sacrifices that our people brought to the Tabernacle, and later to the Temple, in ancient Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat VaYikra Rosh Chodesh Nisan Shabbat HaChodesh Power and Pride March 17, 2018 – 1 Nisan 5778 Dear Friends, This Shabbat, Shabbat HaChodesh, is the last of the four special Shabbatot that lead up to Passover! It is an extra special Shabbat because Rosh Chodesh, the beginning of the new Jewish month, is also Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat VaYakhel-Pekudei Shabbat Parah We Are Many! March 10, 2018 – 23 Adar 5778 Dear Friends, God promised us that we would one day be as many as the stars in the sky. Or, as many as the grains of sand on the beach. At least the Bible tells us that God promised that Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat Ki Tissa Inclusivity and Belonging March 3, 2018 – 16 Adar 5778 Dear Friends, I hope you will join me at services this Shabbat as we celebrate the bat mitzvah of Tzipora Hyman. Mazal Tov to Tzipora and to her entire family! It is safe to say that most folks do not enjoy Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat Tetsaveh Shabbat Zachor Purim Is Just Around the Corner! February 24, 2018 – 9 Adar 5778 Dear Friends, I hope you will join us this Friday evening and on Shabbat morning as we celebrate the bat mitzvah of Lainey Epstein. Mazal Tov to Lainey and to her entire family! This Shabbat we read Continue Reading »
Shabbat Parashat Terumah Tragedy, Trauma and Terumah February 17, 2018 – 2 Adar 5778 Dear Friends, Traditionally, we are supposed to usher in the Jewish month of Adar with added joy. As the saying goes: Mishenichnas Adar Marbim b’Simcha – When Adar begins, we increase our joy! And, yet, in the wake of the tragic news Continue Reading »
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