What’s Happening
Coping with Coronavirus in a Multi-Generational Household
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July 2020 Bulletin
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Grasshopper
They locked eyes in the darkness and he could faintly make out the contours of her face. Her brown skin, a muted warm glow, framed by her dark tresses and red veil; all colors bled of their vibrancy by the pallid moonlight.
New Friday Evening Shabbat Service Time
We have decided to begin Friday evening Shabbat services a bit earlier, with a schmooze beginning at 6:30 p.m. and the service beginning at 7:00.
June Bulletin
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The Great Reset
There’s a Dutch saying ‘er op of er onder!’, which translates literally as ‘on top of it or underneath’, meaning that we will either succeed gloriously or fail spectacularly but we need to give it everything we’ve got because the time is now.
The Dark Heart of Power
The cruelty and mystery of Leviticus 18:22 and 20:1 cannot be understated. Embedded among cultic taboos circumscribing forbidden intimate relations in Parashat Acharei Mot, and juxtaposed with verses exhorting ethical conduct in K’doshim, stands the prohibition against ‘offering up offspring to Molekh’.
Alone but not Lonely
Each of us is waging a war, fighting a battle. Each of us will have to contend with what this all means for our souls as well as our bodies.
Four Cubits
Why does God only have four cubits of Halakhah?
