Rabbi's Update 8/26/2022
Dear Friends: Last night we ran into a technical problem which we have seen before. If you tried to login to minyan or the subsequent...
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rabbi423
- Aug 24, 2022
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 8/24/2022
Dear Friends: This past Shabbat I was happy to note that we had more than a minyan attending services in person on Saturday morning. This...
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rabbi423
- Aug 19, 2022
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 8/19/2022
Dear Friends: Tomorrow morning we will announce the coming of Rosh Chodesh Elul, the beginning of the month of Elul, which actually...
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rabbi423
- Aug 17, 2022
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 8/17/2022
Dear Friends: In late spring and early summer I completed a brief fellowship under the auspices of the Pardes Institute for Jewish...
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rabbi423
- Aug 12, 2022
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 8/12/2022
Dear Friends: A few notes on this beautiful Friday morning as we await Shabbat Nachamu, the Shabbat after Tisha B’Av when we seriously...
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rabbi423
- Aug 10, 2022
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 8/10/2022
Dear Friends: Last week we began to read the book of Deuteronomy which is the final book of the Torah. For the most part it consists of...
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rabbi423
- Aug 5, 2022
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 8/5/2022
Dear Friends: Wednesday morning I sent out my first “Rabbi’s Update” after returning from vacation but with Tisha B’Av on the horizon, I...
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rabbi423
- Aug 3, 2022
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 8/3/2022
Dear Friends: Saturday night and Sunday we observe Tisha B’Av, the Ninth of Av where we commemorate the destruction of both the First and...
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rabbi423
- Jul 1, 2022
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 7/1/2022
Dear Friends: This is the last “Rabbi’s Update” you will receive from me until the beginning of August, as I start four weeks of vacation...
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rabbi423
- Jun 29, 2022
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 6/29/2022
Dear Friends: Twenty-five years ago I spent almost a year living and teaching at a Trappist monastery. I got to know the brothers quite...
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rabbi423
- Jun 27, 2022
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 6/27/2022
Dear Friends: In 2011 I was the chair of the Ethics Commission for the City of Norwich, CT. An ethics complaint was filed against a...
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rabbi423
- Jun 24, 2022
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 6/24/2022
Dear Friends: Last night a group of us began our study of Talmud tractate Pesachim, Chapter 10, which deals with the history and laws of...
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rabbi423
- Jun 22, 2022
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 6/22/2022
Dear Friends: As you may have seen in the news, the governing coalition in Israel has decided to dissolve the Knesset and call for new...
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rabbi423
- Jun 20, 2022
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 6/20/2022
Dear Friends: I want to invite you to participate in a new adult education class which will start in the fall but be previewed this...
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rabbi423
- Jun 17, 2022
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 6/17/2022
Dear Friends: A few quick notes before this Father’s Day and Juneteenth weekend: * We welcome Mike Goldman’s brother Al who is visiting...
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rabbi423
- Jun 15, 2022
- 3 min
Rabbi's Update 6/15/2022
Dear Friends: Tomorrow night after minyan I plan to continue my discussion of the intersection of First Amendment legal concerns and the...
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rabbi423
- Jun 13, 2022
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 6/13/2022
Dear Friends: On Friday some of you may have tried to sign up to attend Shabbat morning services in person and found that you couldn’t...
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rabbi423
- Jun 10, 2022
- 2 min
Rabbi’s Update 6/10/2022
Dear Friends: This week’s parasha contains the precise wording of Birkat Kohanim, the Priestly Blessing: The LORD bless you and protect...
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rabbi423
- Jun 8, 2022
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 6/8/2022
Dear Friends: We want to congratulate Julie Pfefer and Jay Scheiner and their families, including Jay’s parents and our active members...
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rabbi423
- Jun 3, 2022
- 2 min
Rabbi's Update 6/3/2022
Dear Friends: Plans for Shavuot We will be joining the Conservative Movement’s third online Tikkun Leil Shavuot beginning Saturday night,...
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