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Vayeitze
Shavua tov, dear friends. So many opportunities for us to learn with each other. This morning I participated in learning from Rabbi Gila Caine, the first of our speakers in the lecture series so ably led by Marilyn Wolovick. Marilyn and her committee have put together a series of speakers, all of whom bring their […]
Gratitude
Shavua tov, dear friends. A message of gratitude this week. Friday afternoon I received two messages about one of our members being in ICU. He was dying. I needed to go immediately to the hospital. Dropping my groceries, my plans for dinner and for the rest of the day, I drove to the Jubilee and […]
Chayei Sarah
Shavua tov. Last Shabbat morning we celebrated with Sam Greif and his family as Sam was called to Torah. We were, with the amazing technological wizardry of Zoom, able to bring Rabbi Moch into our room. Sam had begun his studies for his Bar Mitzvah with Rabbi Moch. But life rarely moves in a straight line, […]
Vayeira
Shavua tov, everyone. Does life sometimes feel like a mirage? Have you ever wondered if you are really seeing what your eyes appear to be seeing? If seeing is believing, then is nothing lost in translation between sight, vision, perception and belief? What did Avraham actually see on the plains of Mamre, sitting still in […]
Vayishlach
November 16, 2021 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk Tags: uri cogan •
Shavua tov, dear friends. On Sunday, Aaron and I took the ferry over to Salt Spring Island to help bury our cousin Uri Cogan. Uri was buried in land dedicated by a local farming family for a natural green burial site, an area of woodlands, and a beautiful resting place for a soul that had […]