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Behar-Bechukotai
We had a lovely Shabbat morning service last week – Tammy Vladar and her family celebrated her Bat Mitzvah with us. These celebrations are felt with such warmth by us all – they mark in real time the continuity of our particular traditions. Neomi Summers read a short piece that morning acknowledging similar confirmation of […]
Emor
This past Shabbat morning we had the great honour and pleasure of having two young men, Sean and Micah, with us at services, both former Bar Mitzvah students of mine. And joining in the service, as she continues her preparations for her Bat Mitzvah, was Tammy Vladar. The morning was already blessed with sunshine – […]
Acharei-Kedoshim
Spring is truly with us, even as many days feel wetter and greyer than we might like! That said our garden is full of colour – purple magnolia, tulips, daffs, bluebells, clematis – all bursting throughout our yard, each blossom a blessing. Our yard is full of food too – a window box is full of […]
Yom HaShoah
The last few weeks we have been struggling to have a minyan at our services, Friday night and Saturday morning. We need an in-person minyan to enable certain prayers to be recited, Torah to be read, and very importantly Kaddish to be recited. Please come and join us, as you are able, for our sakes, […]
Shemini
We are in a very special season these days between Pesach and Shavuot – and no, not tax season, though taxes do loom!! We are counting the 7 x 7 days and weeks between these two Festivals, between leaving Egypt and arriving at Sinai, preparing ourselves to receive Torah. Here is a link where you can […]
Pesach
Aaron and I are both beyond grateful for the many, many messages of condolence you have sent us, for the visits, for the food with which you have nourished us. In the middle of unbearable loss, we have felt the love of home and the sweetness of your kindnesses. We use the language of Hebrew […]
Vayakel-Pekudei
This coming Shabbat morning is Shabbat Mevarchim Chodesh Nisan. What does this mean? The Shabbat before the start of a Jewish month (Rosh Chodesh) is known as Shabbat Mevarchim, “the Shabbat when we bless.” So, on Shabbat we bless the coming month of Nisan. Nisan is the first of our months, and the month when we celebrate Pesach, and our redemption, […]
Ki Tisa
Our Purim party was such a delight – and now we prepare for Pesach and our Seder. I hope you will register to join us – Seder is just a few weeks away! This week we read Ki Tisa, and read about the infamous incident of the Golden Calf. Our Torah is never afraid to […]
Purim
Our first experiment at opening our doors an hour early (6 pm) on Friday evening was a wonderful success. We lit candles, drank tea, ate cookies, and schmoozed – it was hard to break things up for our service to begin. Kai Morsink led us with a heartfelt and joyous Kabbalat Shabbat, what a pleasure […]
Bamidbar
May 15, 2023 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk Tags: bamidbar •
Bamidbar – we are now in the wilderness, we are wandering with no GPS in sight. So many jokes about Moses et al, lost but not really lost. When time came for the shelichim, the spies, to go into the Land to check out the cities (walled or not), fertility of the Land, etc, they had no […]