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Shlach
June 15, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: bar mitzvah, shelachim, shlach •
Dear friends, Another wet and rainy Monday morning – our water bills are being subsidized this year! Many of us are enjoying our gardens with a little more attention as we stay home more than in past years. Some of us are first time gardeners (my brother in Calgary), and some of us have expanded […]
Baha’alotecha
June 8, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: Baha’alotecha, Bereavement Chevra, ram dass •
Dear friends, This week (Sunday through Wednesday), I am attending a conference for those of us involved with the Chevra Kadisha (Jewish Burial Societies) and Jewish funerals. The conference is held every year by an organization called Kavod V’Nichum. Nineteen years ago I was in a kitchen in Columbia, Maryland with the executive director of […]
Naso and Equality
June 1, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: equality, naso •
Dear friends, The sun is trying. Garden party season is virtually upon us – we live in hope. The blossoms went to my head last week– this week is Parashat Naso!! I don’t comment on world events very often – we have multiple sources of information available to us these days, with whatever built-in biases they […]
Naso
May 25, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: blessings, naso •
This week in Torah we read the book of Naso – which has one of our most significant blessings: Many Jews recite this blessing over the heads of their children on Friday nights before reciting Kiddush. It is a special moment in the family when parents come up to their children and acknowledge the circle […]
Korach
June 23, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: korach •
Dear friends, Monday, Monday – somehow my mind is wandering back to songs of the ‘70’s! Again, mazal tov to Willem Hanevelt, Tyler, Katrina Greenfield and Jay Hanevelt from all of us at Kolot Mayim. What a wonderful simcha we witnessed on Shabbat morning this past week. I heard from several of you about how […]