TEMPLE TALK | DECEMBER 22
01/03/2024 09:24:27 AM
From December 22, Rabbi Berezin's sermon discusses the Torah portion, Vayigash, and the topic of teshuvah (repentance). She then goes on to discuss how this is relevant to a letter from an Israeli mother forgiving the IDF soldiers who mistakenly killed her son, a hostage, in Gaza.
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TEMPLE TALK | DECEMBER 15
12/19/2023 02:19:55 PM
Our Torah this week takes Joseph on a journey from the depth of prison to the height of Egyptian power. After 2 years, the Pharoh’s cupbearer remembers him, and Joseph is called upon to interpret Pharoah’s dreams. Upon interpretation of 7 years of plenty followed by 7 years of famine, he adds a suggestion of a plan, that Egypt should create storehouses to collect excess grain during these years in order to better survive...Read more...
TEMPLE TALK | DECEMBER 1
12/08/2023 09:49:17 AM
Tonight, we are going to take a break from talking about the complexities of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Much has transpired including the release of more hostages by Hamas and the release of Palestinian prisoners by Israel. Conveys of food and supplies have been allowed in, and there was a brief ceasefire, which sadly came to an end very recently.
But tonight, I wanted to take a little time to talk about...Read more...
TEMPLE TALK | NOVEMBER 17
11/22/2023 09:32:29 AM
Shabbat Shalom. We are about to celebrate one of my favorite Jewish holidays of all time: Thanksgiving. Now hear me out. The original pilgrims knew their Bible and after a really tough year, they wanted to celebrate their survival with the fall festival of thanksgiving, namely Sukkot. So really, Thanksgiving has its origins in the Hebrew Bible. But if you don’t believe me, there is another way I can prove it is inherently...Read more...
TEMPLE TALK | NOVEMBER 10
11/16/2023 09:51:24 AM
When I was a little girl, I thought that raindrops were God’s tears. I thought that the wind was God’s exasperated sigh. And I thought that thunderstorms were evidence of God’s anger. And when the sun shined, I knew that God was smiling down on me.
And though I eventually came to understand that mercurial weather patterns were not indicative of God’s emotions, I sometimes catch myself looking into the...Read more...