March 4, 2016 Next week we celebrate International Women’s Day, a day which acknowledges the role that women have played in our society and recognizes the need for continued growth and change as we create a more just and equal world. In our community, this can be a time to reflect not only on women’s […]
Parashat Trumah and our Relationship with God
12 lutego 2016/3 adar I 5776 WITH PARASHAT T’RUMAH WE ENTER INTO THE MISHKAN (TABERNACLE), THE PORTABLE TEMPLE THAT STOOD AS THE HEART OF THE ISRAELITE CAMP DURING THE YEARS OF WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS. IT ALSO SERVED THE ISRAELITES AS A TEMPORARY TEMPLE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL UNTIL KING SOLOMON BUILT THE BEIT HA-MIKDASH […]
Dvar Torah Tetzaveh
February 19th, 2016/10 Adar I 5776 As I have explored synagogues around the world, it has been fascinating to observe the different customs of how people dress for services. In some communities, it is common for worshipers to attend Shabbat services in jeans, and in others, a suit or dress is the most appropriate and respectable […]
Parshat Mishpatim
February 5, 2016/26 szwat 5776 This week, a new chapter of the story of the Jewish people begins. We have made our way from the family stories of Genesis, to Moses and the escape from Egypt. The Jewish people begin their years of wandering through the desert, they have crossed the Sea of Reeds, and they […]
Dvar Torah Yitro
January 29th, 2016/19 Shvat 5776 We know through the rituals and texts of our tradition that Judaism invites us to be on both an inward spiritual journey and also to keep our minds and ears open to the needs of the world around us. The path of Jewish life invites us to be constantly working on […]
Dvar Torah Beshelach
A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. Joan Walsh Anglund January 22, 2016 This week, on this special Shabbat of Shabbat Shira, we read the story of the Israelites crossing the Sea of Reeds. After the community experiences this miracle, they gather together to sing with […]
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