Entries by Rachel Barenblat

Zoom offerings this week at CBI

Shavua tov – a good new week to you! This week our Zoom offerings include Rabbinic Drop-In Hour (1pm Mondays), Friday Morning Meditation (9am Fridays), Kabbalat Shabbat Services (7:30pm Friday), and Let’s Talk About Racial […]

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Days of Awe 5781

Dear Congregation Beth Israel members and friends, I’ll never forget my mother’s first video call. My son was an infant, and she lived two thousand miles away. We arranged her […]

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In the cloud

“When the cloud lifted, they would break camp…” (Numbers 9:21) This week’s Torah portion, B’ha’a’lotkha, describes, again, how the children of Israel would stay put when the cloud of God […]