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This past week at Lunch and Learn, we continued our study of Ecclesiastes. We studied chapter three, a chapter made famous by the song, “To Everything There is a Season, Turn! Turn! Turn!” which took its lyrics straight from the chapter. There were two verses a little further down that stood out to me that I thought I would share:

12 I know that there is...Read more...

I hope everyone had as enjoyable a Seder this week as was possible. Our family held a Zoom Seder with members of our family from across the United States.  While nowhere near ideal, it was nice to connect with people that might not have been at our Seder if it were held in person.

On Wednesday before Passover started, a group of us from the congregation met on Zoom to do a Bidikat Chametz (a checking for chametz) exercise. ...Read more...

At the beginning of the coronavirus I posted the following message on Facebook. For those of you who missed it, I thought I would post it here so that you could all see the message. I think the words are just as true now, if not more so, than when I first posted them.

A lot of us are going to be tested in the upcoming weeks. We are going to be called upon to do things that are outside of our normal routines. We will be tasked with...Read more...

The word “Heinnei” means I am here.  It is Abraham’s response to God when God calls out to him.  At this difficult time, know “Heneinu”:  We are here.  Whatever you need, we are here as a community to help you and your family through this challenging time.  Please feel free to reach out and lean on us for everything and anything.  From the practical to the spiritual.  Jodi, our board, this...Read more...

This past week on Wednesday I posted an article on my Facebook feed about the similarities between Mardi Gras and Purim.  (Go check out the article and add me as a friend if we are not friends already).  In my post, I make the argument that both Mardi Gras and Purim are probably unique religious expressions of a common, older, late winter/early spring celebration. 

The reason I find this so compelling is that I think it...Read more...