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Tzav
March 31, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: tzav •
Shavua tov dear friends, Neomi Summers sent me this lovely prayer and it gave me a thought: what if each of us were to hang a prayer on a virtual prayer tree. If you are inspired to pen a thought, send it in, so we can share your prayers amongst all of us.
Purim, Pesach, Covid-19
March 10, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: Covid-19, pesach, purim •
Dear friends, We had a lovely Purim celebration on Sunday evening. Jessica Pratezina organized a crafts table for the children; crowns were decorated, hamantaschen eaten and groggers were grogged!!
Tetzaveh
March 2, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: tetzaveh •
This week our Torah reading is Tetzaveh. We read about the garments that will be worn by the Kohanim, the priests during Temple services. Last year I wrote about how we bring an iteration of these garments forward in our burial practices, where members of the Chevra Kadisha dress our metim, the dead, in traditional […]
Terumah
February 24, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: terumah •
Even as we move through the cycle of readings in Torah, I am struck by how often these ancient words have relevance to our lives today. As Ben Bag-Bag advised, “Turn it and turn it again, for everything is in it. Reflect on it and grow old and grey with it. Don’t turn from it, […]
Passover
April 7, 2020 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: Covid-19, passover, seder 5780 •
Shavua tov dear friends, We are just days before First Night Seder and when we begin to sing, Mah nishtana ha Laila ha zeh, we will have a very different answer on our tongues than the usual responses! Most of us are used to sitting with family and friends, new and old, and enjoying favourite […]