Runway to the Days of Awe 1: Seven weeks until Rosh Hashanah
Dear CBI Members and Friends, We’ve just come through the door of Tisha b’Av, the most grief-soaked day on the Jewish calendar. After Tisha b’Av, the Seven Weeks of Consolation […]
Entries by Rachel Barenblat
This week: Tisha b’Av and Shabbat Va’etchanan
Shavua tov – a good new week to you! This week our Zoom offerings include Rabbinic Drop-In Hour (1pm Mondays), Tisha b’Av (Thursday 5pm), Friday Morning Meditation (9am Fridays), and Shabbat Morning services […]
Who’s to blame?
“These are the words that Moshe addressed to all Israel on the other side of the Jordan…” (Deuteronomy 1:1) The book of Deuteronomy is in large part a retelling of […]
Coming up: Shabbat Devarim and Tisha b’Av
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), and Kabbalat Shabbat Services (7:30pm Friday), all in the CBI […]
Wake up: change is coming
“…If a man makes a vow to God or takes an oath imposing an obligation on himself, he shall not break his pledge; he must carry out all that has […]
Wholeness, justice, and peace
A d’varling for Pride Shabbat and Shabbat Korach. In this week’s Torah portion, Korach, there’s a rebellion. Korach stands up against Moses and demands power. He cloaks his demand […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lament, grief, rage – and change
Dear Congregation Beth Israel members and friends, Today has been declared a National Day of Mourning and Lament. And oh, there is so much to mourn. Right now we’re living […]
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