VaYeira – 5780 Genesis 18:1 – 22:24 It’s a miracle! Or rather it will be. In this week’s parasha, VaYeira, three angels approach Abraham with a promise from God: despite the fact that both Abraham and Sarah are advanced in age and she has been barren her entire life, next year she shall give birth […]
Monthly Clergy Message From Cantor Eschler Building a Hanukkah Sukkah Last year I wrote to you the idea below; however, I feel like it reached our households too late to try starting a new tradition. This year as you read this in November, I’m hoping we might create this together with enough time to put […]
Lech Lecha – 5780 Genesis 12:1-17:24 “The LORD said to Avram, “Go forth from your land, from your birthplace, and your father’s house to a land that I will show you.” […]
Noach – 5780 “Noah was a righteous man; he was blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.’ -Genesis 6:9 Most of us are familiar with the Torah Portion, Noah (Noach in Hebrew). From a young age we learn how Noah brought each of the animals into the ark two by two. When teaching the […]
Host Family Schedule Here’s what people need to know: MAJYK stands for Mid-Atlantic Junior Youth Kallah. It’s a NFTY program for 6-8th Graders and takes place at Temple Beth Ami Dec. 6-8, 2019. We ask that each family host a minimum of 3 teens all of the same gender. Friday, December 6 9:30-9:45 pm […]
Bereshit – 5780 Genesis 1:1 – 6:8 “In the beginning, God created heaven and earth – the earth being unformed and void …” [Gen. 1:1-2] The creation story begins with two things: God and an unformed, chaotic universe. Eerily, this ancient story partially aligns with modern science. According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics (“entropy […]
Yom Kippur 5780 Words That Hurt, Words That Heal I recently heard about an usher for the high holy days. He greeted an older elderly woman who was visiting. He gave her a prayer book and walked her into the sanctuary. He asked her very politely, “Where would you like to sit?” She answered: “The […]
How To Build a Community that will Beat the Odds Sermon for Erev Yom Kippur – 5780 On Rosh HaShanah, I spoke about truth, memory, and the process of teshuvah to help each of us make the most of these Holy Days; and I challenged us to look at our perceptions and actions through the […]
