October 26, 2022
October 26, 2022
Dear Friends, This Friday night, October 28, we will be holding our Annual Pink Ribbon Shabbat. At this special service, we will honor survivors and care takers, and we take
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October 19, 2022
October 19, 2022
Dear Friends, Turn it and turn it again, as everything is in it. Reflect on it and grow old and gray with it. Don’t turn from it, for nothing is
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October 12, 2022
Dear Friends, We are currently in the intermediary days of the Festival of Sukkot. Sukkot is our fall harvest festival – a time to express gratitude for all that is
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September 28, 2022
Dear Friends, On Monday, we marked the first day of the Jewish calendar year, and together we committed ourselves to practicing an attitude of gratitude and renew a sense of
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September 21, 2022
Dear Friends, The Hebrew translation of the phrase, “I am sorry,” is selicha. It is a concept that weighs heavy on our minds during this season. As we begin to
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September 14, 2022
Dear Friends, In our Torah portion this week, Ki Tavo, we have an awesome array of blessings and curses. At this season, as we begin to reflect on our behaviors
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September 7, 2022
Dear Friends, The final month of the Hebrew calendar year is the month of Elul. It is a month imbued with meaning as our community embarks on a 40 day
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August 31, 2022
Dear Friends, Our bible is filled with commandments regarding ways to establish justice and mercy in the world, and this week’s Torah portion presents us with one of the most
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August 24, 2022
Dear Friends, The final month of the Jewish calendar year is Elul. Elul is considered to be a month-long journey for the soul and an
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August 17, 2022
Dear Friends, On this Sabbath – in congregations all over the world – we read that – Moses addresses the community with the following words: Circumcise the foreskin of your
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