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- Oct 5, 2021
- 1 min
Midrashic Learning
Midrashic Learning is a dialogical practice of learning which is inspired by the traditional Jewish hevruta learning (study in pairs) as...
CBI admin
- Oct 5, 2021
- 1 min
Hebrew Class for Advanced Beginners
A class in Hebrew for advanced beginners will start this month, taught by Hazzan Steve. We will study Biblical and prayerbook Hebrew...
CBI admin
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
Reb Lisa's Message
September 29, 2021 Last night at our Simchat Torah celebration, we read the last three verses of the Torah, from the Book of Devarim...
CBI admin
- Sep 22, 2021
- 1 min
Reb Lisa's Message
The 8 day holiday of Sukkot started Monday evening, at sundown. During Sukkot we build, and then dwell in, a temporary outdoor structure...
CBI admin
- Sep 4, 2021
- 1 min
Rosh Hashanah Schedule and Links
Erev Rosh Hashanah Service - Monday, September 6th, 7:00 PM Please USE THIS LINK to join on Zoom. Rosh Hashanah Day One Morning Service...
CBI admin
- Aug 25, 2021
- 2 min
Reb Lisa's Message
August 25, 2021 L’chaim! To Life! Yesterday was the first day of Shul School. However, it was unlike any other first day of Shul School....
CBI admin
- Aug 18, 2021
- 2 min
August 18th - 25th
Wake UP Shofar Blowing - Daily (except Saturdays), Now through September 5th, 9:30 am- ish Join us as we wake up our souls and selves to...
CBI admin
- Aug 17, 2021
- 3 min
Message from Hazzan Steve
August 18, 2021 It almost always is a mistake to explain a joke. Perhaps the same is true of a poem. The poem that follows, entitled...
CBI admin
- Aug 11, 2021
- 1 min
Reb Lisa's Message
August 11, 2021 Elul Is Upon Us! Elul - It’s a most wonderful time of the year! The Hebrew month of Elul began on Sunday. This means...
CBI admin
- Aug 4, 2021
- 2 min
Reb Lisa's Message
8/4/21 This week’s Torah portion, Re’eh, implores us to “see!” What is it that requires our attention? What must we see? “Behold! God has...
CBI admin
- Jul 27, 2021
- 2 min
Hazzan Steve's Message
July 28, 2021 WHAT DO WE DO WITH A TROUBLING TEXT? Suddenly, the text I have been working on began to trouble me. What to do? Throwing...
CBI admin
- Jul 19, 2021
- 2 min
Message from Hazzan Steve
July 21, 2021 BLESSING WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN What blessing do you have for where you have been, where we all have been, the last seventeen...
CBI admin
- Jul 13, 2021
- 3 min
Message from Hazzan Steve
July 14, 2021 Beyond Tisha B'Av - Gratitude for Abundance What comes to mind if I ask you to list some Jewish holidays? Maybe first...
CBI admin
- Jul 5, 2021
- 2 min
Message from Hazzan Steve
July 7, 2021 LETTING GO - THE YEAR OF SHMITTA IS COMING Are you ready to do some letting go? On Rosh Hashanah, which begins on the...
CBI admin
- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
Message from Reb Lisa
I want to talk about the Hebrew word Avodah. It means work, but there’s more to it. Avodah also brings in the idea of service and...
CBI admin
- Jun 28, 2021
- 3 min
Message from Hazzan Steve
June 30, 2021 WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG? “I had to take Pastoral Counseling, two semesters of it, and two semesters of Biblical History and...
CBI admin
- Jun 23, 2021
- 2 min
Reb Lisa's Message
Last Thursday I had the honor of co-leading the Interfaith Pride service, hosted by Faith Lutheran, and held at First Christian. We were...
CBI admin
- Jun 16, 2021
- 1 min
Reb Lisa's Message
Or Chadash, Al Tzion Ta’ir Let a new light shine over Zion. May we soon be worthy to share in its radiance. In these lines from the daily...
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