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Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Toldot and to Kabbalat Shabbat!
ShabbatShavua 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
ShabbatShavua 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
pandemic, ShabbatIn 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
ShabbatShavua 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
contemplative practice, pandemic, videoHere’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
b-mitzvah, divrei Torah, guest postsThis 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
pandemic, sukkotSukkot: 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
days of awe, sermons[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
Cuba, days of awe, sermons, Yom Kippur[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. […]
Wake Up! (A d’varling for Shabbat Shuvah)
days of awe, divrei Torahכְּנֶ֙שֶׁר֙ יָעִ֣יר קִנּ֔וֹ עַל־גּוֹזָלָ֖יו יְרַחֵ֑ף יִפְרֹ֤שׂ כְּנָפָיו֙ יִקָּחֵ֔הוּ יִשָּׂאֵ֖הוּ עַל־אֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃ Like an eagle who rouses their nestlings, gliding down to their young, So did God spread God’s wings and take […]
The Courage to Stand Up, With Love
days of awe, sermons, tikkun olam[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNMuJWw6syY] Here’s a video of my sermon if you’d rather watch it than listen to it. (It’s here on YouTube.) Or, you can read on, below… Do […]
Holy at Home, With Love
days of awe, pandemic, sermons[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTun5Lk9PfE] Here’s a recording of my sermon if you’d rather watch it than read it. (It’s here on YouTube.) Or, read below… Not quite two thousand years ago, […]
Runway to the Days of Awe 7: Ready or not…
days of awe, Runway to the Days of AweDear CBI Members and Friends, Selichot is coming up on Saturday night — this year our Selichot services are a partnership between the three Reform congregations in the Berkshires; RSVP […]
Blessing and curse in pandemic times
divrei Torah, pandemicLast week my son and I were watching the fifth Harry Potter movie, Order of the Phoenix. There’s a moment where two teenagers are kissing on a bench, and with […]
Runway to the Days of Awe 6: Inner Work
days of awe, Runway to the Days of AweDear CBI Members and Friends, This week’s high holiday preparation message is about the inner work of getting ready. One tradition teaches us to spend the month before Rosh Hashanah […]