Tzav – 5780 Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36 Just like the first one, the second Torah portion of Leviticus is laser focused on sacrifice, and in our own ways, so are we. The specifics for how to offer various sacrifices continues through parashat Tzav. Rabbi Nicole Auerbach, long before the virus hit, was intrigued by the […]
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Machane TBA Registration 2022-2023 For detailed curriculum information, see the Machane TBA website. If you have any questions, please reach out to Kim Roberts, Director of Education. Financial: All families must be current in their financial obligations for registration materials to be processed. As part of becoming a Bar or Bat Mitzvah at Temple Beth […]
VaYak’heil/Pekudei – 5780 Exodus 35:1 –40:38 Let’s be honest. Most of us are scared. The COVID-19 virus is spreading rapidly, store shelves are emptying, the stock market is crashing, people are losing their jobs, and many of us are staying at home in an attempt to “flatten the curve” of the disease’s spread. And far […]
Ki Tissa – 5780 (On the COVID-19 Virus Crisis) Exodus 30:11 – 34:35 What do we do when we find ourselves in an ongoing, high-anxiety environment which is also a “reliable information desert”? This is the Wilderness we have found ourselves in as the COVID-19 virus has spread to become a worldwide pandemic. When we […]
ESTHER WAS A BIG LIAR!It’s true. In the Purim Megillah, Mordechai asks Esther to conceal her identity. As a matter of fact, some scholars believe that the heroin’s name, Esther, actually comes from the Hebrew word L’Haster – which means “to conceal.” And that she, and the rest of the story, were fabricated and/or was […]
It’s January as I write this column. I was part of a small group that recently went on a second scouting hike for our spring Temple Shabbat hike. The first scouting hike gave us some good ideas, but we did not hike part of the route we were considering for the next Temple hike. On […]
