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This Week’s Zoom Offerings at CBI (and Shabbat / Torah info for the week)

Shavua 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  […]

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After the deaths, holiness

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This 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 […]

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This Week’s Zoom Offerings at CBI

Shavua 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 […]

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Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Tazria-Mtzora… on Zoom

Shavua 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 […]

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A Video Message from Rabbi Rachel

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[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 […]

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In the wilderness

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A 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 […]

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This week’s digital offerings

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This 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 […]

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Looking Ahead to Pesach

Dear 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 […]

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CBI Digital Offerings

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Dear 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 […]

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We are not alone

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Dear 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 […]

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Like a fiddler on the roof

Dear 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 […]

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Update: CBI in this time of pandemic

See 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 […]

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Engraved on our hearts

In 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 […]

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Shavua tov! Looking forward to Shabbat Tetzaveh and to Purim

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 Tetzaveh. If […]

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Coronavirus preparedness and CBI

Update 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: […]

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