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Yitro
February 10, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: yitro •
Boker tov, dear friends, As you come into the JCC these days, you may see our new notice board on the side window of the library. We are trying to keep the general Jewish population of Victoria aware of our activities in all manner of ways – including old fashion printed posters.
B’Shellach
February 4, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: b'shallach •
Boker tov, dear friends, This week we are walking through the seas – with all the rain we have been having, perhaps also, unfortunately, wet basements. B’Shallach is a particularly gorgeous parashah visually when we come to the Song of the Seas –
Bo
January 28, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: bo •
Shavua tov, Many of us have had a very emotional week: Today, Monday marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Rabbi Victor Reinstein journeyed back to Victoria from his home in Boston to speak at the presentation on Sunday at the JCC. He titled his words, Defying Hatred. What does it mean to defy […]
Chumashim
January 20, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: chumashim •
Busy days and getting busier at Kolot Mayim! Orders are coming in for Chumashim which is truly rewarding. And we have had a most generous offer from a friend to buy a sturdy bookshelf for our new Chumashim, the set of Talmud I have ordered, and various study manuals/books that will all enhance our learning. […]
Shemot
January 14, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk •
Shavua tov, everyone. One of our members, Johannes Denee will be leaving for Holland this coming week for a very significant event. Johannes grew up in a Holland, in a country ravaged by WWII. He has been haunted for many years by the knowledge of how many Jews from his country were murdered. One of the […]
Daf Yomi
January 8, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: daf yomi •
Shavua tov. This is an exciting and somewhat daunting week. I have begun to enter into the cycle called Daf Yomi – a cycle where “we” learn a page of Talmud a day. It takes 7 ½ years to complete reading each page in Talmud. I decided to jump into the sea before too many more years […]
Vayigash
December 30, 2019 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk •
As we tuck away our menorahs for another year, and tidy up the aluminum foil, dreidels and extra candles, I hope we have also tucked some of that candlelight within ourselves. There have been too many (once is too many) serious incidents of anti-Semitism this past week, many in New York, in London England, throughout […]
Mishpatim
February 18, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: mishpatim •
Mishpatim is a very special parashah for me. It is also known as Shabbat Shekalim and it was on Shabbat Shekalim that I read Torah for the very first time in 1993. I am attaching a link to a podcast from R. Alex Israel who is with PARDES, who speaks about the history of the […]