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Balak
June 22, 2021 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: balak •
This is my final message for the season, as I am on holiday during July. Balak is an interesting Torah reading with which to say adieu. We open our morning services with the words “Mah tovu, ohalecha Yaakov…words recited by the non-Jewish sorcerer Balaam when he viewed the tents in the valley below him. He […]
Chukat
June 14, 2021 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: chukat, mayim chayim •
The other evening as Aaron and I were sitting at the supper table we started talking about my family. I had just heard that my Uncle Doug, the last brother of my father’s generation, is going into Hospice.
Korach
June 7, 2021 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: korach •
This week, in Parashat Korach, Korach and a small group of Israelite leaders openly challenge the authority of Moses and Aaron. They begin with a plea for Moses to recognize the burden he has assumed, “It is too much for you!” they exclaim but then continue with words far more accusatory…”all are holy and God is […]
Shelach
May 31, 2021 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: shelach •
From the Rabbi’s Desk: Poteach et Yadecha u’masbiah l’chol chai ratzon. You open Your Hand and all desire is fulfilled. (Psalm 145:16) These words from Psalm 145, also known as Ashrei, are words of action as well as praise and fulfillment. As Jews we are commanded to take our teachings forward into the world and […]
Re’eh
August 2, 2021 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: louwrier, re'eh •
We had such a wonderful Shabbat morning this past week; Ben Louwrier read Torah, led part of the service as he celebrated his Bar Mitzvah. What pride we all feel as our young people step up to the bimah and say proudly, “I am a Jew.” A blessing for us all. Mazal tov to Ben […]