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This Week’s Zoom Offerings at CBI (and Shabbat / Torah info for the week)
ShabbatShavua tov – a good new week to you! This week our Zoom offerings include Rabbinic Drop-In Hour (1pm Mondays), Omer Discussion Group with Jen Burt (5pm Tuesdays – in Jen’s Zoom room), Pirkei Avot […]
After the deaths, holiness
divrei Torah, pandemicThis week we’re reading Acharei Mot-Kedoshim. Acharei mot means after the deaths. After the deaths of Aaron’s two sons, we read, vayidom Aharon: and Aaron was silent. That’s resonating with […]
This Week’s Zoom Offerings at CBI
ShabbatShavua tov – a good new week to you! This week our Zoom offerings include Rabbinic Drop-In Hour (1pm Mondays), Omer Discussion Group with Jen Burt (5pm Tuesdays – in Jen’s Zoom […]
Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Tazria-Mtzora… on Zoom
ShabbatShavua tov — a good new week to you! Apologies for the fact that we haven’t sent out these emails since Purim. The last six weeks have been a bit […]
A Video Message from Rabbi Rachel
community, divrei Torah, pandemic, spiritual life[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ZFNaIsiSY] This short video begins with a check-in for the CBI community, and then moves to a teaching from the rabbi of the Warsaw Ghetto for this week’s parsha […]
In the wilderness
divrei Torah, Omer, pandemicA d’varling for the end of week five of covid-19 sheltering-in-place. As we leave Pesach behind we set out into the wilderness, trusting that somehow we’re moving toward Sinai, toward […]
This week’s digital offerings
classes, Omer, pandemic, ShabbatThis week’s digital offerings have just been emailed out to our mailing list: login info and password for today’s Rabbinic Drop-In Hour, tomorrow’s Omer discussion with Jen Burt, Wednesday’s Yizkor […]
Looking Ahead to Pesach
PesachDear CBI Community, Pesach is coming soon. In this email you’ll find resources for holding a first-night seder at home, information about a second-night Zoom seder, and a ritual for […]
CBI Digital Offerings
classes, community, educationDear CBI Community, I’m writing today with updates on CBI’s digital offerings this week and in weeks to come. In this time of quarantine and sheltering-in-place, community connections can be […]
We are not alone
community, pandemicDear CBI Community, What a week it has been. Unlike any other we have known. And we know that many more unprecedented weeks are ahead of us. In this moment […]
Like a fiddler on the roof
communityDear Congregation Beth Israel members and friends, Not long ago I was preparing to take my son to see the national touring production of Fiddler on the Roof, in which […]
Update: CBI in this time of pandemic
communitySee also: Like a fiddler on the roof, March 13, 2020. Dear CBI community, I am writing with an update on what we are doing at CBI about the covid-19 […]
Engraved on our hearts
divrei TorahIn this week’s Torah portion we read about the instructions for making special garments for Aaron, brother of Moses: the first High Priest. We read about blue, purple, and crimson […]
Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Tetzaveh and to Purim
ShabbatShavua 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 Tetzaveh. If […]
Coronavirus preparedness and CBI
From The RabbiUpdate as of 3/13: we are taking several concrete steps to slow the spread of the virus. Read about them here: Update: CBI in this time of pandemic. Also see: […]