Dear Friends, Our double Torah portion includes the parsha of Kedoshim [Holy]. The quest for holiness is ongoing and complex. Only God is “fully” holy. As human beings, we can only strive to achieve levels of holiness; to hold onto them or we to rise up in our levels of holiness. Parashat Kedoshim includes various ways Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, I hope you will join us this Friday night and Shabbat morning as we celebrate the bar mitzvah of Levi Lacey. Mazal Tov to Levi and to his entire family! This Shabbat we are reading the beginning of the third book of the Five Books of Moses, Leviticus, or Vayikra as it is Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, Passover is just around the corner! This Shabbat we will be reciting the blessing for the new Jewish month of Nisan – the month in which, according to the Torah, our people experienced the Exodus from Egypt – one of the greatest “transitions” of all times. Rosh Chodesh Nisan will be on Wednesday Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, I hope you will join us this Friday night and Shabbat for Men’s Club Shabbat which promises to be great fun. I suppose it is “cause (or cows) and effect”, that we gather together on a few extra special Shabbatot as we gear up for Passover, hoping to be spiritually prepared for the Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, As Purim approaches, many of us find ourselves asking: “What Should I Wear?” to the Megillah reading. Of course, we ask ourselves a similar question on many other ocassions as well….What Should I Wear? Fun clothing? Old clothing? New clothing? Fancy clothing? Relaxed clothing? In our society, for the most part, we have so many Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, This is a special Shabbat! Of course, every Shabbat is special, simply because it is sanctified as “special” time – holy time. But this Shabbat is extra special. This is the first of four special Shabbatot that lead up to Passover. Shabbat Shekalim gets its special name from the Maftir Aliyah that is Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, How easy is it for us to proverbially “put the cart before the horse”? How many times have we jumped to conclusions and acted upon them before we figured out that our conclusions were based on erroneous assumptions? Of course, we should think before we act. However, there is also a danger in Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, How long should we wait before we sing a joyous song? Should we wait until the world is perfect? Should we wait until all injustice and misfortune are defeated? If we did, we might never get a chance to sing! Of course, the old favorite song, “Singing in the Rain” gives us a Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, I hope you will join us at services this Shabbat as we celebrate the bat mitzvah of Jordan Coltrain. Mazal Tov to Jordan and to her entire family! Finally! We can all be together again in person and on Zoom! And, thankfully, we can celebrate a bat mitzvah together! What a blessing! But, Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, How often do we get up in the morning and feel a natural need to stretch our muscles? Naturally, since we have not used them much when we were asleep, we need to “warm up” and to “stretch” our bodies in order to feel ready to take on the new day. The same is Continue Reading »
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