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From the Rabbi's Desk
Shemot
This week we begin a new Book – the book of Shemot. Seems very fitting for our first Shabbat service of 2024. A new year however it is marked, brings us yet another opportunity to reminisce and also to look forward. I am often living within the lintel, as it were, between babies and funerals, […]
Va’eira
January 9, 2024 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk
Shemot is a tough act to follow! Va’eira opens with yet another introduction by God to Moses, “Ani Adonai”, I am Adonai. And then God proceeds to outline both a history and an action plan to bring the Israelites out of Egypt, including the ensuing plagues. During Pesach at our Seder tables, we read a summary of […]