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Join us for Purim at CBI!
Purim
Purim is coming! Join us at 6pm on Monday March 9 to celebrate.
Actors in our Purim play... a few years back!
Come in costume -- or augment your regular clothes with costume pieces from Jane Shiyah's costume box!
Enjoy desserts --…
Shavua tov and happy Tu BiShvat!
Shabbat, Tu BiShvat
Dear Congregation Beth Israel members and friends,
Shavua tov -- a good new week to you!
Tree fruits representing different seasons and different "worlds." Happy Tu BiShvat!
Join us Monday afternoon at 3:30 for our Tu BiShvat seder.…
A letter from the Board and the rabbi
community
Dear Congregation Beth Israel members and friends,
Shavua tov: a good new week to all. We hope that everyone’s Shabbat was sweet. We’re writing to say that we hear you -- and that we want to hear from you even more.
Reverberations…
To Know God
divrei Torah
Do we harden our hearts like Pharaoh, or do we let them soften?
This week's Torah portion (Bo) begins like this:
God said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh. For I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his courtiers, in order that I may…
Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Bo
Shabbat
Shavua tov — a good new week to you!
Join us for Shabbat services at 9:30am on Saturday morning led by Rabbi Rachel. This week we’re reading from parashat Bo. If you’d like to read some commentaries on this week’s parsha,…
Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Vaera
Shabbat
Shavua tov — a good new week to you!
Join us for Shabbat services at 9:30am on Saturday morning led by Rabbi Pam Wax. This week we’re reading from parashat Vaera. If you’d like to read some commentaries on this week’s parsha,…
The world is our kin: lessons from Moshe about being an upstander
divrei Torah
וַיְהִ֣י ׀ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֗ם וַיִּגְדַּ֤ל מֹשֶׁה֙ וַיֵּצֵ֣א אֶל־אֶחָ֔יו וַיַּ֖רְא בְּסִבְלֹתָ֑ם וַיַּרְא֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִצְרִ֔י מַכֶּ֥ה…
Vayechi: angels, memory, blessing
divrei Torah
Jacob blesses Ephraim and Menashe on his deathbed.
This week's Torah portion, Vayechi, begins with Jacob on his deathbed. Joseph comes to him with his sons Ephraim and Menashe, and Jacob marvels: he hadn't expected to see Joseph again, and…
A video teaching about “in-between” times and spiritual life
spiritual life, video
Dear Congregation Beth Israel members and friends,
In the wake of our community mission to Cuba, the rabbis who took part in that trip are now offering monthly video teachings at Bayit's Builder's Blog for Cuban Jewish communities and interested…
Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Vayechi
Shabbat
Shavua tov — a good new week to you!
Join us for Shabbat services at 9:30am on Saturday morning led by Rabbi Rachel. And here's a song we'll use during Shabbat morning services -- a setting of a verse from this week's Torah portion,…
Vayigash: choosing again
divrei Torah
Stepping in the same river twice.
In this week's Torah portion, Vayigash, there's a poignant moment when Joseph reveals himself to his brothers.
Last year I was struck by the beautiful Hebrew word להתודע, "to make oneself known"…
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