ELUL THOUGHTS | 3-9 ELUL
08/25/2023 11:19:05 AM
3 Elul 5783 | August 20, 2023
Change Towards More Optimism
Rabbi Lawrence Malinger
The month of Elul is a time for personal reflection and growth. It is essential to approach this time with a genuine desire for positive change. Hope is an active spiritual quality that we can cultivate during Elul. As we begin to recite Psalms 27 over and over again, the last line(27:14) is a call towards hope: Kaveh El Adonai - Look unto God,...Read more...
TEMPLE TALK | AUGUST 18
08/25/2023 11:03:54 AM
This week we will be reading from parashat Shoftim. It begins shoftim v’shotrim titen lecha b’chol sh’arecha asher Adonai Elohecha notein l’cha, you shall appoint magistrates and officials for your tribes, in all the settlements that the Eternal your God is giving you, and they shall govern the people with due justice. You shall not judge unfairly: you shall show no partiality; you shall not take bribes, for bribes...Read more...
ELUL THOUGHTS | WELCOME & 1-2 ELUL
08/18/2023 09:02:41 AM
The Hebrew month of Elul is the last month of the Jewish year. As such, it is considered a month of spiritual preparation for the High Holy Days. Special meditations are added to the daily service for some, known as S’lichot, or penitential prayers. (*The Saturday before Rosh Hashanah is also known as S’lichot, and it is used as a night of contemplation and study.) For several years, a group of Reform clergy and educators has collaborated...Read more...
TEMPLE TALK | AUGUST 11
08/17/2023 09:28:27 AM
The closing remarks from Rabbi Sharff's Sermon on August 11, 2023:
"Every day, we are faced with countless choices. What to eat. What to wear. What show to watch. Paper or plastic. Royals, Cardinals or Cubs?. And there are nearly as many was to “do” Judaism. And like these other choices, how we choose to express our Judaism becomes a reflection of ourselves and our community. The choices are not always easy,...Read more...
TEMPLE TALK | AUGUST 4
08/10/2023 03:36:55 PM
During Shabbat Shira on August 4, 2023., Senior Rabbi Benjamin Sharff told the following story:
The Broken Bucket
Rabbi Jason Rosenberg
Our story begins with a woman. An old woman. Very old. This woman had built herself a house, in the middle of nowhere, on the top of a hill. She had lived there for a long time — for as long as anyone could remember. It seemed like she had lived up there...Read more...