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Toward Shabbat: Stay a Little Longer

09/28/2018 09:29:41 AM

Sep28

September 28th, 2018
19 Tishrei, 5779

In college, I remember telling some professors that I wouldn’t be in class for Shemini Atzeret. “Shemini Read more...

Toward Shabbat: Stuffed Cabbage for Sukkot

09/21/2018 12:31:13 PM

Sep21

September 21st, 2018
12 Tishrei, 5779

My Zayde loved stuffed cabbage. He was from Poland, and while I don’t know if he ate it much when he was a kRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Clarity

09/14/2018 09:28:14 AM

Sep14

September 14th, 2018
5 Tishrei, 5779
This Shabbat, the Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, is called Shabbat Shuva. Shuva means return, andRead more...

Toward Shabbat: The Proving Drawer

09/07/2018 10:37:12 AM

Sep7

September 7th, 2018
27 Elul, 5778
I’m not much of a TV watcher, but Abe and I have loved watching the Great British Bake-Off, a delightful PBS showRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Primal Soul Sounds

08/31/2018 08:32:13 AM

Aug31

August 31st, 2018
20 Elul, 5778
Every year before Rosh Hashanah, the Ba’al Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism, held a competition to see who would bRead more...

Toward Shabbat: One Aleph at a Time

08/24/2018 09:58:12 AM

Aug24

August 24th, 2018
13 Elul, 5778
I love the words from Psalms etched into the glass walls just outside of our Sanctuary. Those Psalms, 146-150, happenRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Courage to Begin

08/17/2018 09:26:11 AM

Aug17

August 17th, 2018
6 Elul, 5778

This past Monday, I was invited to participate in a very sweet ceremony at the Bornblum Jewish Community School, blesRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Holy Preparations

08/10/2018 11:56:13 AM

Aug10

August 10th, 2018
29th Av, 5778

This coming Shabbat and Sunday are Rosh Chodesh, and we'll welcome in the month of Elul, the month that leads us toRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Listening to Ourselves

08/03/2018 03:24:12 PM

Aug3

August 3rd, 2018
22 Av, 5778

Last week’s Torah reading featured the actual Shema, but this week, the root of that word repeats over and over. In mRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Moving Toward Love

07/27/2018 11:05:17 AM

Jul27

July 27, 2018
15 Av, 5778

It’s a little bizarre that the holiday of love, the Jewish Valentine’s Day, so to speak, falls only 6 days after TishaRead more...
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