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Yom HaShoah
April 4, 2021 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: yom hashoah •
This past Kabbalat Shabbat our beloved Arlette Baker spoke to us about her experiences surviving the war, in particular, surviving the loss of her parents at age four.
Counting the Omer
March 30, 2021 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: Lag B’Omer, omer, passover, pesach, shavuot •
As of Sunday, March 28, we are in the period of the Omer, that countdown of 49 days to our next Festival, Shavuot. By doing so, we are preparing ourselves to receive Torah at Sinai. This Omer period is a time of semi-mourning, so no haircuts, no listening to instrumental music, or dancing, or weddings […]
Shemini
March 29, 2021 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: pesach, shemini, Teshuvah, vayikra •
Very few announcements this week – we are in the week of Passover, a time to eat the leftovers from our Seder meals (one of life’s mysteries: why when I cook for two people, do we still have enough leftovers for 12?) and a time perhaps to reflect on some of the questions and discussions […]
Tzav
March 21, 2021 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: pesach, Shabbat haGadol, Shabbat Penuyah, tzav •
Pesach draws near. Last Shabbat we learned that the penultimate Shabbat before Pesach didn’t carry a special title like the other four preceding parshiot (Shabbat Shekalim, Shabbat Parah, Shabbat HaChodesh and this Shabbat coming up, Shabbat HaGadol). But in fact a few Chassidic masters designated the Shabbat before Shabbat haGadol, a very special Shabbat indeed […]
Tazria-Metzora
April 11, 2021 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk • Tags: Tazria-Metzora •
Leviticus – Vayikra – can really take us into the weeds – or the tzaaras, a leprous-like affliction. So many words devoted to descriptions of this affliction and what is to be done. Yet, even the Rabbis say, “There never was nor will there ever be a rebellious and gluttonous son; why [then] was it […]