From the Rabbi's Desk

I’m so excited for this weekend. The Sisterhood Hanukkah Bazaar is one of the highlights of my year. I’m always in awe of what our community has created and managed to keep going for 48 years. The amount of pride I feel every year after Bazaar is so immense. Words cannot begin to express my appreciation to our Sisterhood for all they do year-round, and especially for Bazaar. Words can likewise not begin to...Read more...

Pain, hurt and sadness. Anxiety, frustration and disappointment. These are all emotions we try our best to avoid. We yearn to feel full and complete and content. We yearn to feel joy and ease. But life cannot be fully experienced through a prism that only engages half of the pantheon of emotions in the world.

This week the פרשה/Parsha/portion is called חיי שרה/Chaye...Read more...

Avram was very rich in cattle, silver, and gold.  He proceeded in stages from the Negeb to as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been formerly, between Bethel and Ai, the site of the altar he had built there at first; and there Avram invoked GOD by name. Lot, who went with Avram, also had flocks and herds and tents, so the land could not support them staying together; for their possessions were so great they couldn’t remain...Read more...