Surge capacity and old wells
This week’s Torah portion, Toldot, is so rich. There’s great stuff here. This week we’ve got Rebecca conceiving twins, feeling them grapple with each other in her womb, asking God […]
Entries by Rachel Barenblat
Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Toldot and to Kabbalat Shabbat!
Shavua tov! Join us in the CBI Zoom room on Friday evening at 7:00 PM for Kabbalat Shabbat services, led by R’ Rachel. Please note: this weekend we will have Friday […]
Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Chayei Sarah
Shavua tov! Join us in the CBI Zoom room on Tuesday night at 7:30pm for our Annual Meeting, and on Saturday morning at 9:30 for Shabbat morning services, led this […]
Every righteous person matters
In this week’s Torah portion, Vayera, God decides to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, because “their sin is so great.” Later in the parsha we’ll see an example […]
Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Lech-Lecha
Shavua tov! Join us for Shabbat morning services at 9:30am on Saturday morning in the CBI Zoom room, led this week by R’ Pam Wax. This week we’re reading from […]
A message from Rabbi Rachel
Here’s a short video message from Rabbi Rachel. You can watch it / listen to it here, or, if you prefer, you can read the text below. Hello friends. I’m […]
Julian’s D’var Torah for Shabbat Bereshit
This is the d’var Torah that Julian offered at his celebration of bar mitzvah on Shabbat morning. My Torah portion is the very first reading in the first book of […]
Joy to fuel our building – a d’varling for Sukkot
Sukkot: festival of impermanence, festival of joy even in vulnerability. We build sukkot to remember our ancestors’ harvest traditions; to remember the flimsy sukkot in which we dwelled after leaving […]
What Can We Do, In Love
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpWpqQBiaWI] I gave my sermon “live” on Zoom in realtime, and also pre-recorded it to go live with this blog post around the time I was offering it. […]
One Heart: Lessons in Love from Jewish Cuba
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwH0sNVtr9s]I gave my sermon “live” on Zoom in realtime, and also pre-recorded it to go live with this blog post around the time I was offering it. […]
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