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It’s Our Story

Last week’s Torah reading was mostly the story of Noah and the Flood. One of the more curious elements of the tale is what happens when the earth dries out enough for the animals and their human tenders to exit the vessel.

Bee Juice

My recent posts...After havdala ended last week’s Galeem (“waves,” our Sunday school), the usual joyful mayhem erupted in the lobby: Kids running down halls for a water bottle, a work of art, a lollipop; parents calling after them “Remember your ________!”; brief...

Welcome to”chol”

A couple days of magnificent weather have been a welcome respite from the bounty of precipitation during Sukkot and the closing festival days. This morning, we stored away our sukkah — unscathed by the nor’easter — for next year.

Kol Nidre – All Vows

My recent posts...kol nidrei, all MY vows? Rabbi Jonathan Kremer kol nidrei, all vows. ALL vows? All my vows? How can I possibly remember them all? Those silent frustrations: I swear I could... I said what? Well, I didn't mean it that way! The thick-as-mud silent...

Outrage. Sorrow. Resolve.

Feb 24, 2025 | A Rabbi Writes

outrage

sorrow

resolve

let not the desire for deserved retribution

the justified outrage over evil and lies

overwhelm our deep sorrow

and our deeper resolve

for our resolve

deepened and hardened by our sorrow

is stronger than lies and evil

retribution will come in its due time

kein yehi ratzon / may it be so

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Shabbat shalom!