The Strength to See What Isn’t Yet
Earlier this summer, I copied down a Chinese proverb, though an internet search suggests that this many not actually come to us from China after all! But the words resonate […]
Entries by Rachel Barenblat
The Strength to Go Gentle
Did you know that Shakespeare wrote King Lear while quarantining for possible exposure to the Bubonic plague? Possibly also Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra. I assume all of us wrote […]
Rejoice in the CBI Sukkah!
Dear Congregation Beth Israel members and friends, Four days after Yom Kippur we enter the festival of Sukkot. (Deep thanks to Jen Burt and family for once again building and […]
Preparing for This Yom Kippur
Dear Congregation Beth Israel members and friends, It was a joy to be with so many of you during Rosh Hashanah. I hope that you are finding meaning in these […]
When We See Each Other: a d’varling for Shabbat Shuvah
Ordinarily on Shabbat Shuvah I would talk about teshuvah, return — turning our lives around, returning to our Source and to our highest selves. This is, after all, the work […]
Help CBI Feed the Hungry
Dear Congregation Beth Israel members and friends, During the Days of Awe, many synagogues hold food drives for dried and canned foods. We have done this for many years at […]
The Strength to Discern
On Sunday evening I offered a tiny pearl of introduction to this year’s high holiday theme of gevurah. Yesterday morning we talked about the strength it takes to help each other […]
The Strength to Help Each Other Hope
(Note: the first part of this sermon is adapted from an article that JTA asked me to write. Then it goes off into new territory — expanding and completing the […]
A Year of Strength
Each year I choose a theme for the Days of Awe at CBI. Some months ago I chose the theme of gevurah, which means strength, power, heroism, courage, boundaries, determination. […]
Help CBI thrive
Dear Congregation Beth Israel members and friends, It scarcely seems possible, but the Days of Awe are right around the corner. On August 28 we’ll officially enter into the high […]
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