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September 14, 2022 Selichot ~ Prayers of Forgiveness Forgiveness is a major component of the High Holy Days. We seek forgiveness from...
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- Sep 14
- 1 min
Hazzan Steve's Message
Where Have All The Birds Gone? We are in Between Time in the month of Elul, just eleven days to Rosh Hashanah. Between summer and fall. ...
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- Sep 7
- 2 min
Reb Lisa'sMessage
September 7, 2022 Elul is Happening! Learning about Elul - The Hebrew Month Before Rosh Hashanah The Hebrew month of Elul began last...
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- Aug 31
- 4 min
Reb Lisa's Message
August 31, 2022 One of the most important and famous commandments from Torah comes from this week’s parashah, Shoftim: “Tzedek tzedek...
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- Aug 31
- 2 min
Hazzan Steve's Message
High Holiday Hits – Part 2 Need a tug at your heartstrings to help you open up? Try this, Barbra Streisand singing Avinu Malkeinu: ...
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- Aug 24
- 3 min
Hazzan Steve's Message
Music in Helical Time An old joke: Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana. What is Jewish time like? Not an arrow, it...
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- Aug 24
- 2 min
Reb Lisa's Message
August 24, 2022 “See, this day I set before you blessing and curse.” (Deuteronomy 11:26). This important and often quoted line from Torah...
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- Aug 17
- 2 min
Reb Lisa's Message
August 17, 2022 Sanctification of food and eating is an important part of Jewish practice. Of course there are blessings we say prior to...
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- Aug 10
- 2 min
Reb Lisa's Message
August 10, 2022 I have been blessed to spend some time in the Redwoods, in Humboldt County. Wow. Just W-O-W! I’ve been in stunning...
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- Aug 10
- 4 min
Hazzan Steve's Message
I AM HERE, OPEN MY HEART. הִנֵּנִי פְּתַח לִבִּי It’s Not About Me Hineini. “I am here”, or maybe more precisely “I am completely...
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- Aug 3
- 3 min
Hazzan Steve's Message
Tisha B’Av, The Musical You’ve got to be taught to hate and fear, You’ve got to be taught from year to year, It’s got to be drummed in...
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- Aug 3
- 1 min
Reb Lisa's Message
August 3, 2022 This Saturday evening, we will reach the nadir of the three week period of time known as Bein ha-Metzarim (Between the...
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- Jul 27
- 2 min
Reb Lisa's Message
July 27, 2022 The Jewish calendar is incredibly fascinating, as it includes built in times for “prescribed emotions.” On Sukkot and...
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- Jul 20
- 2 min
Reb Lisa's Message
7/20/22 This week’s parasha, Pinchas, picks up from last week's, which ends very abruptly and on a particularly gruesome note. It is...
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- Jul 13
- 2 min
Reb Lisa's Message
7/13/22 I have been out of the office for the past two weeks, engaged in intensive study for my Rabbinical Program. The experience was...
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- Jun 29
- 1 min
Reb Lisa's Message
June 29, 2022 Even though I am out of the office and immersed in deep study for these two weeks, I feel compelled to offer a brief...
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- Jun 15
- 1 min
Reb Lisa's Message
This week’s Torah Portion, Behaalotecha, contains the powerful words Moses offers for his sister Miriam’s healing. In five short, potent...
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- Jun 8
- 2 min
Reb Lisa's Message
June 8, 2022 This week’s Parasha, Naso, has the distinction of being the longest in the Torah–with 176 pesukim (verses). That’s a lot of...
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- Jun 1
- 1 min
Reb Lisa's Message
June, 1, 2022 Today is the first day of June, which marks the beginning of Pride Month. In June of 1969, the Stonewall Uprising in...
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- May 25
- 2 min
Hazzan Steve's Message
THESE I REMEMBER אֵלֶה אֶזְכְּרָה וְנַפְשִׁי אֶשְׁפְּכָה Eileh ezk’rah v’nafshi eshp’chah These I remember, and I pour out my soul Child...
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