Community at Temple Israel Rabbi’s Message -April 10, 2025 One of the staples of the Haggadah is the inclusion of the Four Sons/Children: the wise, wicked, simple, and one who does not know how to ask. The Haggadah tells us that we answer each child according to their ability/temperament. While we read about these four […]
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Community at Temple Israel Rabbi’s Message – April 4, 2025 A few weeks ago, when we entered the month of Adar, I spoke about joy—something that comes so naturally in a month designated for gladness. But not every season comes with joy already woven into it. Now, as we step into Nisan, we shift toward
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Community at Temple Israel Rabbi’s Message – March 27, 2025 During this coming week we mark the start of Nissan – the month in which Passover falls, of course commemorating the Exodus narrative and our people’s transition from slavery to freedom. Thus, while our weekly Torah reading has us moving into the book of Leviticus,
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Community at Temple Israel Rabbi’s Message – March 6, 2025 Please join the Vote Reform campaign as we kick off the 2025 WZC election on Monday, March 10th at 8 pm ET on the first day of voting. Let’s take this powerful action together in support of democracy, peace and security in Israel. We’ll cast our votes
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Community at Temple Israel Rabbi’s Message – March 20, 2025 “A community is too heavy for anyone to carry alone.” – Deuteronomy Rabbah 1:10 Our congregation thrives because of those who say Hineni—“I’m here.” We want to express our heartfelt gratitude. To those who prepare food, check people in, and help in the kitchen during
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Community at Temple Israel Rabbi’s Message – March 13, 2025 The Jewish calendar is fascinating—not just because of its blend of lunar and solar cycles, but because of how we engage with it. Our holidays don’t just happen; we declare them holy. Time itself isn’t inherently sacred. It becomes so because we make it meaningful.
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Community at Temple Israel Rabbi’s Message – March 6, 2025 At the last Kiddush lunch, we had a delicious cholent, which led to some of the attendees asking me, what is cholent, and how is it different from stew, chili, or other similar dishes? With our chili cook-off Share Shabbat this Shabbat, it seemed like
