Making The Most Of Each Day This Week’s Torah portion is entitled Hayyei Sarah, The Life of Sarah. As the portion opens, we read of Sarah’s death at the age of 127 and Abraham’s purchase of a burial plot for her in Hebron (the Cave of Machpelah). As the narrative of our first Continue Reading »
Reminder: Looking forward to seeing everyone at Mitzvah Day, this coming Sunday, October 13th from 10AM-2PM at Camp Oakhurst. Come do a mitzvah and make a difference with your Torat El family. _____________________________________ I keep a “note” on my iPhone with interesting articles, websites, or blog posts related to Judaism and synagogue life. The other Continue Reading »
Before this morning’s message a few quick reminders. 1. Please remember to sign up for a once in a lifetime experience on October 26th at 8:00PM when we will be honored to host Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Please click herefor information and sign up today while there are still tickets available. Continue Reading »
I Light a Yahrtzeit Candle But What Do I Say? Moadim L’Simcha. I hope that everyone is having an enjoyable Sukkot holiday! It was wonderful to see so many of you in our Sukkah this past weekend! On Thursday and Friday we will be celebrating the last of the holidays that fall during Continue Reading »
Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had a meaningful Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. I want to thank all of our staff and lay leadership for working so hard to create a meaningful experience for our community over these past few weeks. For those who missed my sermons and would like to read Continue Reading »
Before today’s message- a reminder that the informational meeting for our congregational mission to the Jewish community of Cuba is tomorrow night, September 11 at 7:30PM at the synagogue. Everyone is invited to attend minyan at 7:00 PM. _______________________________________________________________________ Shanah Tovah everyone! I hope that everyone had a meaningful Rosh Hashanah Continue Reading »
Rosh Hashanah is nearly one week away. Are you ready? Here are a few resources to get you in the spirit of the holiday. 1. To get you in the right frame of mind, watch this short clip from the Maccabeats 2. Click here to watch the “I forgive you” video put together by IKAR Continue Reading »
In a few weeks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks will retire. As is written so appropriately in his bio., since his appointment, Rabbi Sacks has become a global religious leader, philosopher, author and moral voice for our time. Over the summer, I have read numerous articles Continue Reading »
Those of you who know me understand that I have a strong commitment to Jewish Day School education, and see many lifelong values and benefits to attending Day School. And most of you probably know (or would not be surprised to learn) that we have chosen to send our own kids to the local — Continue Reading »
Two weeks ago I had the privilege of serving as a Scholar in Residence at Camp Ramah in the Poconos. For those who are unfamiliar, Ramah is the camping arm of Conservative Judaism. While at Ramah I had the pleasure of teaching staff and campers of all ages, and I came home inspired and re-dedicated Continue Reading »