Choosing Life, Blessing and Joy
Reading Nitzavim on Yom Kippur by Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell “You stand this day, all of you, before your God, the Holy One of Blessing: you tribal heads, you elders, […]
Reading Nitzavim on Yom Kippur by Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell “You stand this day, all of you, before your God, the Holy One of Blessing: you tribal heads, you elders, […]
It almost reads like a riddle: Q: If you fast once Yom Kippur begins, and the candlelighting at the dinner before Kol Nidre brings in the start of the Holy […]
Some inspiration for National Recovery Month: For anyone who would find strength in Jewish insights for a path of recovery, Rabbi Kerry Olitzky’s book Twelve Jewish Steps to Recovery: A […]
You can picture the daily scene: A father yells in anger as his daughter comes home in the middle of the night, after hours of drinking. The entire household touched […]
How does tradition wake us up to change? In Sephardic congregations, the shofar is sounded at the morning services during the month of Elul. This is for the purpose of […]
A sage is a passenger on a horse and wagon. As they pass a farm, the driver sees some hay. He stops his horse, looks around carefully to make […]
Please join us for Jewish Meditation before Shabbat services on Friday evenings, starting August 9, 5-5:30pm (you are welcome to arrive 4:45 to settle in; please be sure to arrive […]
Is God present in our obstacles? Do hindrances lead us to liberation, growth and insight? Now in the middle of the Omer, the countdown–or count up–to our Shavuot celebration of […]
What is Jewish Spirituality? A recent conversation with a few congregants helped to shine a light on the spiritual quest many in our community are pursuing. Some of you have […]
What can Judaism offer to the spiritual journey in recovery? The more I learn about Judaism and the more a learn about recovery, the clearer the answer becomes. Jewish wisdom […]