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2015 Chanukah & Shabbat Message
Shabbat Shalom and Happy Chanukah – From Rabbi Naomi Here we are in the darkest time of the year with the sun sinking low so early and long, moonless nights. […]
The Deep Present – Kol Nidre Teaching 5776/2015
The Torah refers to Yom Kippur as Shabbat Shabbaton, a complete Shabbat. (Ex. 35:1-2, Lev. 16:29-31) Everything we experience on Shabbats throughout the year can inform our experience of Yom Kippur, and […]
Divine Name – Erev Rosh Hashanah Teaching 5776/2015
Jewish tradition identifies four categories of being that make up our world. First we consider the inanimate, mineral realm such as stones; they are called “domem – the silent ones.” […]
Shabbat Shira 2014
This special Shabbat is named Shabbat Shira, the Sabbath of song, because tomorrow our Torah reading describes the mythic parting of the sea that allows the Israelites to pass through […]
On Fall, Baseball, and the Sweet Earth – October 2013
After a summer of simchas and a festive fall, we move into the deep, darkness of winter and Chanukah nights. I’m writing this note at my brother’s home in southern […]