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 […]
I 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 […]
[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 – 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, […]
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 […]
Shavua 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 […]
“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 […]
Shavua 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 […]
“…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 […]
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 […]
Shavua 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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
Dear 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 […]
Shavua tov – a good new week to you! This week our Zoom offerings include Rabbinic Drop-In Hour (1pm Mondays), Friday Morning Meditation (9am Fridays), Psalm-Writing Weekly Workshop (1pm Fridays, for members of CBI and […]
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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 B'AvShavua 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 […]
Coming up: Shabbat Devarim and Tisha b’Av
Shabbat, Tisha B'AvShavua 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 […]
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 […]
Wholeness, justice, and peace
Divrei Torah, Jewish Values, LGBTQ+ RightsA 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 […]
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 […]
Days of Awe 5781
Days of Awe, PandemicDear 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Zoom offerings, Torah portion / commentaries, and Shabbat info for this week
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), Psalm-Writing Weekly Workshop (1pm Fridays, for members of CBI and […]