Entries by Rachel Barenblat
From the Rabbi – October 2022
“So we’ll be building our sukkah on Sunday,” I said to my kid a few days ago. “Wait, what?” he asked. “I thought Sukkot was a week and four days after Yom Kippur!” Nope, I told him: it’s just four days after. “Oh yay,” he said. “That means Sukkot is sooner than I thought!”
Kol Nidre 5783: Toward Transformation (Or: the Holy Atonement Reset Button)
On Kol Nidre, teshuvah, balance, “the holy atonement reset button,” and more.
Rosh Hashanah Morning 2, 5783: Do the Next Right Thing: Living by Our Values in the Face of Challenges
This guest post is the D’var Torah that CBI member Ziva Larson offered at Rosh Hashanah 2 Morning Services on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5783: The Sacred “And” (Joint D’var – R. Rachel & R. David)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
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