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Pekudei, Exodus 38:21-40:38, Parashat Hashavua for Shabbat March 16, 2024
Don’t hold a grudge. We know this to be true. Psychologists, philosophers, religious leaders, and 12-Step literature remind us of this truth all the time. Yet, we still nurture resentments. Perhaps that is why we are told not to. It feels so good to hold onto a grudge, but it corrodes our souls. Holding onto […]
From the Presidents – March 14, 2024
Shalom Everyone! This week in the secular calendar we have an exciting day to celebrate: Pi Day! March 14 translated to 3/14, which of course corresponds to the first 3 digits of pi (and we can add three more when we include 1:59 p.m.!). Along with eating a variety of slices of pie that day, […]
Vayakhel, Exodus 35:1-38:20, 30:11-16, Parashat Hashavua for Shabbat March 9, 2024, Shabbat Shekalim
This Shabbat is called Shabbat Shekalim, which is marked on the first Shabbat before the beginning of the month of Adar (or in a leap-year, like this year, Adar II) and comes approximately six weeks before Pesach. It is marked by a special maftir (concluding) Torah reading, “This is what everyone who is entered in […]
From the Presidents – March 8, 2024
Hello Everyone! Incredibly, the time is approaching when we get to manipulate the calendar again. As the winter season yields toward spring, this upcoming Sunday we will be shifting our clocks to welcome the coming season. Daylight Savings Time always comes with benefits and downsides together. In this case, we must suffer short term annoyance […]
Ki Tisa, Exodus 30:11-34:35, Parashat Hashavua for Shabbat March 2, 2024
We live in a time of fear and anxiety. Massive economic dislocation, changes in social values and norms, climate change and COVID pandemic have left many of us feeling unmoored and without solid ground on which to stand. Then there is the particularly Jewish stressor of the rise of open antisemitism on both the left […]