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Shabbat Shalom

Behaatlotecha-when you lift up The iconic Joni Mitchell from 2022 shares her iconic song Both Sides Now. A different version, but poignant. A message tied to the parsha as we enter Shabbat. a prayer for peace עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו הוּא יַעֲשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם עָלֵינוּ וְעַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל כָּל יוֺשְׁבֵי תֵבֶל, וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן Oseh shalom bimromav, hu ya'aseh shalom aleinu, v'al kol Yisrael, v’al kol yoshvei tevel v'imru amen....

Shabbat Shalom Behaatlotecha-when you lift up The iconic Joni Mitchell from 2022 shares her iconic song Both Sides Now. A different version, but poignant. A message tied to the parsha as we enter Shabbat. a pray…

The Blueprint for Sustaining the Light-Parshat Behaalotecha

Why do we keep looking back at a past that wasn’t even that good? That’s the question hiding inside Parshat Behaalotecha. The Israelites have everything: the Mishkan, the cloud, the fire, the infrastructure of a people on the move toward something sacred. And within chapters, they’re weeping for Egypt’s cucumbers. It would be easy to judge them. It is harder to recognize ourselves....

The Blueprint for Sustaining the Light-Parshat Behaalotecha Why do we keep looking back at a past that wasn’t even that good? That’s the question hiding inside Parshat Behaalotecha. The Israelites have everything: the Mishkan, the cloud, the fire, the infra…

Shabbat Shalom

Bridge over Troubled Water is a to prepare for Shabbat Naso. Naso gives us the Priestly Blessing — the oldest words in continuous Jewish use. Simon & Garfunkel found the same melody three thousand years later. Our prayer for peace עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו הוּא יַעֲשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם עָלֵינוּ וְעַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל כָּל יוֺשְׁבֵי תֵבֶל, וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן Oseh shalom bimromav, hu ya'aseh shalom aleinu, v'al kol Yisrael, v’al kol yoshvei tevel v'imru amen....

Shabbat Shalom Bridge over Troubled Water is a to prepare for Shabbat Naso. Naso gives us the Priestly Blessing — the oldest words in continuous Jewish use. Simon & Garfunkel found the same melody three thous…

Freedom’s just another word…

This week we celebrate Shavuot, the moment at Sinai when God gave us the Torah, z’man matan Torah. “We left Egypt to be free. So why did we go straight to a mountain and accept a set of obligations?” What did we say yes to? And why does it feel like freedom? These are the questions our tradition asks us to ask ourselves....

Freedom’s just another word… This week we celebrate Shavuot, the moment at Sinai when God gave us the Torah, z’man matan Torah. “We left Egypt to be free. So why did we go straight to a mountain and accept a set of obligations…