Recent Writings
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Parashat Noach: Be a hero
Read more →: Parashat Noach: Be a heroChaverim—Friends,No doubt about it—Noah was a good person. In fact, the Torah tells us that he was the most righteous person in his generation. But, perhaps that’s like…
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Bereshit: Are we really done, back to “normal”?
Read more →: Bereshit: Are we really done, back to “normal”?Chaverim—Friends,Done! The High Holy Day season is over. The past weeks were exciting and exhausting, we were taken to spiritual highs and grounded again, we shared joy and…
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Yom Kippur isn’t an easy day
Read more →: Yom Kippur isn’t an easy dayChaverim—Friends, Yom Kippur isn’t an easy day. Not because of the fasting. What isn’t easy is the affliction of the soul, the practice of going deeply into ourselves and…
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Awesome moments between past, present and future – Greetings for the New Year 5779
Read more →: Awesome moments between past, present and future – Greetings for the New Year 5779Dear congregants, members, supporters, friends—chaverim,This will be my 5th High Holy Days with you, or to be more precise, my 6th, as Chayim and I joined the congregation…
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Why is it time for a new Machzor?
Read more →: Why is it time for a new Machzor?– by Rabbi Greg AlexanderWe are very blessed to begin 5779 with a brand new machzor, Mishkan HaNefesh, the Sanctuary of the Soul, a partner to our already…
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Yizkor: Let my cry come before You.
Read more →: Yizkor: Let my cry come before You.As a deer yearns for streams of water, so I yearn for You, O God. My whole being thirsts for God, for the living God. Psalm 42:2 Hear…
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Beloved Friend
Read more →: Beloved FriendBELOVED FRIEND who calls us to conscience, reminds us of our own strength, invites us to grow, empowers us to act. Cosmic mysteries are Yours, …
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Take us back
Read more →: Take us backChaverim,Repentance is acceptable, the Rabbis teach, at any time, but the special time for repentance is the season from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur, the Ten Days of…
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Elul—a Month of spiritual preparation
Read more →: Elul—a Month of spiritual preparationby Rabbi Robert A. Jacobs The sixth Hebrew month, Elul, begins this coming Shabbat as the last month of 5778, a little anomaly resulting from the setting of…
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The vulnerability of our own existence
Read more →: The vulnerability of our own existenceChaverim, At no other time of the year are we more exposed to the vulnerability of our own existence in this world as we are during in this…
