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Parashat Tzav: How do we deal with violent people?
Parashat Tzav describes how the offerings should be made and how the Kohanim should conduct themselves during those rituals. This theme...
Mar 27, 2023


Parashat Vayikra: Atoning for Our Faults
We are starting a new book: Vayikra. And this is one of the most complicated in the Torah. It's not that it's hard, because it really...
Mar 20, 2023


Parashat Vayekhel-Pekudei: The Privilege of Consecration
This week's parashiot seem, at first glance, to be of no importance. They are sections that, depending on the year, are read together or...
Mar 13, 2023


Parashat Ki Tisa: A Need to Feel Leadership
Ki Tisa, the Torah portion we read this Shabbat contains one of the most dramatic events in all of Biblical narrative: the incident of...
Mar 6, 2023


March 2023 | Message from our Executive Director
Dear Friends, As we continue to enjoy blue skies, no snow and the first day of Spring on March 20th we can look forward to many happy...
Mar 1, 2023


A Message of Identity
When we move away from the people we usually spend time with and move from a house where we were living for a while sharing our lives...
Mar 1, 2023


March 2023 | Message from our President
It’s a busy time in our community! We are planning various events and I hope you will attend. Details are in this issue of the Temple...
Mar 1, 2023


February 2023 | Message from our President
“One of the nice things about being busy is it makes you focus on what’s important to you and how you use your time.” Lorne Michaels...
Jan 30, 2023


What Makes a Holiday Important?
“There are four days in the year that serve as the New Year, each for a different purpose: On the first of Nisan is the New Year for...
Jan 30, 2023


February 2023 | Message from our Executive Director
Dear Friends, Writing for the February bulletin and not having had but one week of snow is very acceptable, but we know it is not a...
Jan 30, 2023


Parashat Beshalach: Signs that God is Present
We arrived to one of those moments in Biblical narrative that are not only culminating, but special: the crossing of the sea of reeds,...
Jan 28, 2023


Parashat Bo: Choosing the Side of Good or Evil
We are at the end of the plague series. In our parasha we find the last 3 plagues: locusts, darkness and, of course, the worst of all,...
Jan 21, 2023


Parashat Vaera: Learning How to be Free
Sometimes it seems to us that our work is paying off, and it turns out that it is not. Sometimes it seems to us that we are failing in...
Jan 14, 2023


Parashat Shemot: The Leaders & Heroes of Judaism
Who are the leaders and heroes that our tradition gives us? We have seen countless times how our heroes are beings of flesh and blood,...
Jan 7, 2023


January 2023 | Message from our President
Happy 2023! I would like to thank Rabbi Geier and Keri Campell as well as the parents of the Bimah Buddies! With our busy lives, it is...
Dec 31, 2022


January 2023 | Message from our Executive Director
Dear Friends, It is hard to believe the article is for the January 2023 bulletin. Time seems to move faster than ever. We have celebrated...
Dec 31, 2022


Parashat Vayechi: The Purity of Love Between Grandparents & Grandchildren
We are concluding the first book of the Torah, Genesis. If we take a step back and look in perspective, after the surprising and...
Dec 31, 2022


Chosen Messi
As I write this, some days ago Argentina became the world champion for the third time in the history of the World Cup of Football...
Dec 31, 2022


Parashat Vayigash: Hate Between Brothers
Sinat achim. Hate between brothers. The word hate is something strong. But so it is when siblings stop talking to each other. This week’s...
Dec 24, 2022


Parashat Miketz: Deception and Perception
We often say that appearances are deceiving. It is a well-known saying. And it is in the Torah above all. Through the different parashot...
Dec 17, 2022
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