Rabbi's Update 6/23/2021
Tomorrow night after minyan our “Contemporary Jewish Controversies” class will look at the question of how to properly define the term...
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rabbi423
- 6 days ago
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 6/18/2021
I want to update you about our plans as we have our second Shabbat morning service back in the building tomorrow morning. Tomorrow’s...
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rabbi423
- Jun 16
- 4 min
Rabbi's Update 6/16/2021
Even as we begin to go back to activities that we have not enjoyed for 15 months, as we see people face-to-face whom we haven’t been able...
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rabbi423
- Jun 14
- 4 min
Rabbi's Update 6/14/2021
Dear Friends: This past Shabbat we had our first service in our building since March 15, 2020. I think I can say for everyone in...
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rabbi423
- Jun 11
- 4 min
Welcome Back to our Sanctuary!
Dear Friends: I’m departing from my usual “Rabbi’s Update” formula because I want to make sure you don’t miss the announcement that our...
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rabbi423
- Jun 11
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 6/9/2021 -- Moving Towards In-Person Services
Dear Friends: Please watch your email inbox throughout this week for updates on our plans to begin hybrid Shabbat morning services. We...
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rabbi423
- Jun 7
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 6/7/2021
Dear Friends: Please watch your email inbox throughout this week for updates on our plans to begin hybrid Shabbat morning services. We...
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rabbi423
- Jun 4
- 4 min
Rabbi's Update 6/4/2021
Dear Friends: Wednesday June 2, 2021, will go down as a historic day in the history of the State of Israel. As I mentioned towards the...
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rabbi423
- Jun 2
- 4 min
Rabbi's Update 6/2/2021
Dear Friends: I want to ask you to join us tonight on our Zoom link at around 8:15 after minyan for a special presentation by the...
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rabbi423
- May 28
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 5/28/2021
Dear Friends: In last night’s class on “Contemporary Jewish Controversies” we took a look at the recently-released Pew Foundation study...
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rabbi423
- May 28
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 5/26/2021
Dear Friends: Diana, Princess of Wales, and Mother Teresa, now known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, died within a few days of each other in...
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rabbi423
- May 21
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 5/21/2021
Dear Friends: Yesterday afternoon our time it was announced that a ceasefire had been agreed to between Israel and Hamas to put an end to...
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rabbi423
- May 19
- 4 min
Rabbi's Update 5/19/2021
Dear Friends: Yesterday was the second day of Shavuot. According to the Torah, Shavuot is a one day holiday and in Israel it is observed...
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rabbi423
- May 14
- 4 min
Rabbi's Update 5/14/2021
Dear Friends: There is so much to write about this morning but I will try to be brief. Since Shavuot is this coming Sunday night through...
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rabbi423
- May 14
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 5/12/2021
Dear Friends: In the Talmud, Beitzah 32b, we are taught: כׇּל הַמְרַחֵם עַל הַבְּרִיּוֹת בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁהוּא מִזַּרְעוֹ שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם...
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rabbi423
- Apr 30
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 4/30/2021
Today is Lag Ba’Omer, the 33rd day of counting the Omer. While the Torah tells us that the period of the Omer has to do with agriculture...
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rabbi423
- Apr 29
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 4/26/2021
Today is a Jewish holiday of which you may never have heard. Today’s Hebrew date is the 14th of Iyyar which is Pesach Sheni or the...
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rabbi423
- Apr 28
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 4/28/2021
As of Monday evening, May 3, we will be saying Mincha (the afternoon service) as well as Ma’ariv (the evening service) at daily minyan....
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