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Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Re’eh
Shabbat
Shavua tov – a good new week to you!
This week our Zoom offerings include Rabbinic Drop-In Hour (1pm Mondays), Reverse Omer Group with Jen Burt (5pm Tuesdays) and Shabbat Morning services (9:30am Saturday) led this week by R’ Jarah…
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To Do What’s Right (reading Eikev through the lens of covid-19)
divrei Torah, pandemicI made it three verses into this week's Torah portion, Eikev, before being brought up short:
"And if you do obey these rules and observe them carefully... God will ward off from you all sickness..." (Deut. 7:12, 15)
My first thought was: wow,…
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Runway to the Days of Awe 2: Creating Sacred Space at Home
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This is the second post in a series; the first was Seven weeks until Rosh Hashanah. This one is available as a YouTube video (embedded above -- or here at YouTube) and also as text that appears…
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Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Eikev
Shabbat
Shavua tov – a good new week to you!
This week our Zoom offerings include Rabbinic Drop-In Hour (1pm Mondays) and Shabbat Morning services (9:30am Saturday) led this week by R’ Rachel, all in the CBI Zoom room with the usual password.…
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Runway to the Days of Awe 1: Seven weeks until Rosh Hashanah
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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 lead us to Rosh Hashanah. Believe it or not, Rosh Hashanah…
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This week: Tisha b’Av and Shabbat Va’etchanan
Shabbat, Tisha bAvShavua 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 (9:30am Saturday) led this…
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Who’s to blame?
divrei Torah
"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 everything that happened during the forty years of wandering in the wilderness.…
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Coming up: Shabbat Devarim and Tisha b’Av
Shabbat, Tisha bAvShavua 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 Zoom room with the…
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Wake up: change is coming
days of awe, divrei Torah
"...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 crossed his lips..." (Numbers 30:3)
It's like clockwork: every year we reach these verses at the…
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Wholeness, justice, and peace
divrei Torah, Jewish values, lgbt rights
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 in words that sound nice -- aren't all God's people…
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Zoom offerings this week at CBI
ShabbatShavua 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 Justice! (7pm…
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Days of Awe 5781
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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 first Skype call so she could visit the baby. I remember her amazement:…
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In the cloud
divrei Torah, pandemic"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 lingered over their encampment, and when the cloud…
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Lament, grief, rage – and change
From The RabbiDear 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 both with the unthinkable tragedy of the global pandemic, and with…
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