The Power of Being Willing to Say: “I Don’t Know.” Shabbat Parashat Toldot December 3, 2016 – 3 Kislev 5777 Dear Friends, I hope you will join us for services this Friday night and Shabbat morning as we celebrate the bar mitzvah of Jesse Hinnant. Mazal Tov to Jesse and to his entire family! You Continue Reading »
Thanksgiving in the Midst of Real Life Shabbat Parashat Chayyey Sarah Shabbat Mevarekhim HaChodesh November 26, 2016 – 25 Cheshvan 5777 Dear Friends, Thanksgiving weekend is a time filled with hopes and dreams melded together with a conscious attempt to encourage us to express gratitude for the blessings in life. It is an important time Continue Reading »
The Art of Listening Shabbat Parashat Vayera November 19, 2016 – 18 Cheshvan 5777 Dear Friends, Listening is an art! It comes more naturally to some of us than to others. But, it is an art worth developing…. Most of us are familiar with the Torah verse: “Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheynu, Adonai Echad.” (Deuteronomy 6:4) Continue Reading »
What’s Ahead? Shabbat Parashat Lech L’cha November 12, 2016 – 11 Cheshvan 5777 Dear Friends, What’s ahead? Although the future is often uncertain, I think it is fair to say that, right now, many in our nation and around the world are experiencing a heightened sense of uncertainty in regard to the future. One thing Continue Reading »
Noah and Us Shabbat Parashat Noah November 5, 2016 – 4 Cheshvan 5777 Dear Friends, I hope you will join us at services this Shabbat as we celebrate the bat mitzvah of Pearl Lian Kluger. Mazal Tov to Pearl and to her entire family! We often say that we are all the Continue Reading »
Wisdom of the Ages Shabbat Parashat HaAzinu October 15, 2016 – 13 Tishrei 5777 Dear Friends, I hope you will join us at services this Shabbat as we celebrate the bat mitzvah of Zoe Becker Epstein. Mazal Tov to Zoe and to her entire family! This week we read the Torah portion Continue Reading »
Hope, Strength, and Courage! Shabbat Parashat VaYelekh Shabbat Shuva October 8, 2016 – 6 Tishrei 5777 Dear Friends, As we progress through the Asseret Yemei Teshuvah [the Ten Days of Repentence] that connect Rosh HaShana to Yom Kippur – hope, strength, and courage are the uplifting and motivational spiritual watchwords that light our way through Continue Reading »
Shana Tova! Shabbat Parashat Nitsavim October 1, 2016 – 28 Elul 5776 Dear Friends, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones a Shana Tova U’metukah – a good and a sweet new year! I really look forward to celebrating the beginning of the new Jewish year, 5777, with Continue Reading »
Happiness Is… Shabbat Parashat Ki Tavo September 24, 2016 – 21 Elul 5776 Dear Friends, This is a good time of year to contemplate. I invite us to contemplate the following: “Happiness is…. ” Fill in the blank and send me your thoughts. Yes, I’d be interested to hear from you. And while we are Continue Reading »
The Ties that Bind Us Together Shabbat Parashat Ki Tetse September 17, 2016 – 14 Elul 5776 Dear Friends, Of the Torah’s 613 mitzvoth [commandments], over 70 are mentioned in this week’s Torah portion of Ki Tetse! Some of the mitzvoth mentioned have to do with civil law; others have to do Continue Reading »
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