Hazzan Steve's Message
Elul Morning This eblast post first appeared in 2021. Today, the first day of Elul 5784, seems like a good day for an encore...
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- Aug 28
- 2 min
Rabbi Lisa's Message
August 28, 2024 Look. See. Notice. Observe. This is what is asked of us in this week’s Torah portion, Re’eh . The text begins with...
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- Aug 21
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Rabbi Lisa's Message
August 21, 2024 For many, this week has been one of “Beginning and Return.” Students, educators, and administrators from our own...
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- Aug 14
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Rabbi Lisa's Message
August 14, 2024 This week’s Torah portion, Va’etchanan, repeats the Shema and V’ahavta prayers. V’ahavta. You shall love. A most simple...
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- Aug 7
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Rabbi Lisa's Message
August 7, 2024 The Power of Love In the land of fantasy and imagination, we invoke love as the most powerful energy that exists. In...
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- Jul 31
- 2 min
Rabbi Lisa's Message
7/31/24 Shalom chaverim. Peace friends. I reach out to you all with a deep desire for peace and calm. This past week has been an...
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- Jul 24
- 3 min
Hazzan Steve's Message
The Shooting, Prayer and the Nature of God Non-trigger Non-warning: This is not about politics, presidential or otherwise, and it is not...
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- May 29
- 1 min
Rabbi Lisa
5/29/24 This Shabbat brings the new month of June, which means it’s time to kick off Pride month. While Pride month is a secular...
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- May 22
- 5 min
Hazzan Steve's Message
When Is Your Jewish Birthday? Does That Matter? Thanks to a firm but friendly shove from my mashpiah, my spiritual director, I find...
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- May 15
- 2 min
Rabbi Lisa's Message
5/15/24 When Israel became a state in 1948, three new holidays were added to the Jewish calendar: Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance day,...
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- May 8
- 2 min
Rabbi Lisa's Message
5/8/24 Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, was this past Sunday evening through Monday. On Yom HaShoah, Jewish communities around the...
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- May 1
- 3 min
Hazzan Steve's Message
Have Fun In Shul “Sing ‘Baruch’ like you know what it means” may be the most important thing Hazzan Jack has ever said to me. To budding...
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- Apr 10
- 2 min
Rabbi Lisa's Message
April 10, 2024 Spring is in the air. And with that, pesach energy is rising. We are all busy preparing in different ways for this...
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- Apr 3
- 1 min
Rabbi Lisa's Message
April, 2024 We are approaching the 6th month mark since October 7th. The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas has caused unrelenting...
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- Mar 27
- 2 min
Rabbi Lisa's Message
March 27, 2024 Last week we began a new book of the Torah, Leviticus (Vayikra in Hebrew). Have I lost you already!? The book of...
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- Mar 20
- 3 min
Hazzan Steve's Message
Chag Purim, Chag Purim “Chag Purim, Chag Purim, chag gadol laYehudim”. So begins the familiar song. The Purim Holiday, a big holiday...
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- Mar 13
- 2 min
Rabbi Lisa's Message
March 13, 2024 Chodesh Tov Adar II ! That’s right, we have another month of Adar, It just started this past Sunday and Monday! On the...
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- Mar 6
- 2 min
Rabbi Lisa's Message
March 6, 2024 The majority of this week’s parasha, Vayakhel, is concerned with building the Mishkan, the portable desert tabernacle....
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- Feb 27
- 5 min
Hazzan Steve's Message
BAKING FOR THE NEXT FULL MOON My family growing up were Food Jews. Really not religiously inclined but culinarily attuned to the Jewish...
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- Feb 21
- 2 min
Rabbi Lisa's Message
February 21, 2024 Details. Details. Details. This week, in parashat Tzeveh, we continue on with lots of specific instructions. Last week,...
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