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Schedule for the Days of Awe 5781
days of aweFor Zoom login information, contact the CBI office (cbinadams @ gmail dot com) to join our email list — the Zoom link will not be publicly posted anywhere. Our services […]
Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Ki Tavo
ShabbatShavua tov – a good new week to you! This Week’s Offerings This week our Zoom offerings include Rabbinic Drop-In Hour (1pm Mondays) and Reverse Omer Group with Jen Burt (5pm Tuesdays)m all in […]
Runway to the Days of Awe 5: What to Expect
days of awe, Runway to the Days of AweDear CBI Members and Friends, The Days of Awe are drawing nearer! I’m writing this week with more information about what you can expect from our Zoom services in general, […]
Shavua tov – Looking forward to Shabbat Ki Tetzei
ShabbatShavua tov – a good new week to you! Zoom Offerings 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 […]
Runway to the Days of Awe 4: Clothing
days of awe, pandemic, Runway to the Days of AweDear CBI Members and Friends, Some of you have asked: if we’re gathering digitally for the Days of Awe, does that mean we can invite our friends and family who […]
Shavua tov – looking forward to Shabbat Shoftim
ShabbatShavua tov – a good new week to you! Zoom Offerings 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 […]
Update: on Pandemic and Gathering
community, pandemicDear All, We hope this note finds you as well as any of us can be in these pandemic times. Several of you have asked why CBI’s doors are […]
Runway to the Days of Awe 3: Music
days of awe, music, Runway to the Days of AweDear CBI Members and Friends, Each year I choose an “anthem” — a melody and/or a setting of traditional words — to be our melodic throughline for the Days of […]
Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Re’eh
ShabbatShavua 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 […]
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 […]
Runway to the Days of Awe 2: Creating Sacred Space at Home
days of awe, pandemic, Runway to the Days of Awe[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcNzg50fw7g] 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 […]
Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Eikev
ShabbatShavua 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, […]
Runway to the Days of Awe 1: Seven weeks until Rosh Hashanah
days of awe, Runway to the Days of AweDear 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]