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Tisha B’Av
Dear friends, It has been a week since our beloved mother, Mary Greenhough, died. I have had many notes and calls of consolation from many of you, and I want to tell each of you how grateful I am to all of you. We have been swimming in food, in cake, but most of all […]
Building Audacious Hospitality Together
Dear friends, This has been a wonderful first year at Kolot Mayim for me. We have learned Torah together, we have rearranged where we meet (Deli side), we have begun new duties (Char Ashford has taken on being our Gabbai) and last week we started what I hope will be a regular Friday night Shabbat […]
Balak
I am honoured to be at a Bat Mitzvah ceremony this Thursday, July 18, with the family and friends of Annie Marcovitz. The following text is Annie’s D’var Torah, which I thought would be a lovely way to share her simcha with Kolot Mayim members. The photograph is the challah cover that Annie mentions. Shabbat […]
Chukkat
Shabbat shalom everyone. I will be in Vancouver over the weekend officiating at the wedding of Ben Rolph, son of Wendy and Glenn Rolph Ben will be marrying his beloved Anna Klenin. We wish them and their families mazal tov. Chukkat, our Torah reading for this week, is one of the strangest sections in Torah. […]
Elul
September 1, 2019 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk Tags: elul, rosh hashanah •
Very briefly, as you will be hearing from me over Shabbat and next Sunday. I want to invite you into an Elul journey. Elul is understood to be a month of preparation for the next new moon – Rosh Hashanah. We traditionally take time to forgive ourselves for deeds we haven’t been willing to face […]