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Vayeshev
The lights and music of Hannukah approach – here is the link we played at our Kabbalat Shabbat service last Friday evening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7MXDlPg_LI This week we are in Vayeshev – Jacob settled, dwelled, in the land of his ancestors. In the Biblical canon, the word לָשֶׁבֶת (lah-SHEH-vet) means primarily to settle down, though it can also mean, very literally, to sit […]
Miketz
December 20, 2022 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk Tags: hannukah, mikeitz •
This week – Miketz, Hannukah and a Simcha Bat – we are so blessed with joy this week. As we light our candles this week I want to honour R. Lawrence Hoffman with a nod to an article I read last week. He wrote about the holiness of lighting Hannukah candles. I wanted to title […]