Month: October 2020

MEDITATION From Mishkan T’filah – A Reform Siddur p. 516 FOR OUR COUNTRY THUS SAYS ADONAI, This is what I desire: to unlock the fetters of wickedness, and untie the cords of lawlessness; to let the oppressed go free, to break off every yoke. Share your bread with the hungry, and take the wretched poor …

MEDITATION From Mishkan T’filah – A Reform Siddur p. 516 FOR OUR COUNTRY THUS SAYS ADONAI, This is what I desire: to unlock the fetters of wickedness, and untie the cords of lawlessness; to let the oppressed go free, to break off every yoke. Share your bread with the hungry, and take the wretched poor …

MEDITATION Sing to God a new song, sing to the Eternal One, all the earth. – Psalm 96:1   ְPARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/breishit Berëshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית – In the Beginning) – Genesis 1:1-6:8 When God was about to create heaven and earth, the earth was a chaos, unformed, and on the chaotic waters’ face there was …

We will meet for Torah Study this coming Friday evening, October 16, 2020. We will be reading and talking about Genesis 2:4-4:26 (Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel and Noah). Our weekly Shazoom will follow at 7:30 PM and commemorating the 54th anniversary of my Bar Mitzvah. Zoom continues being updated for security and performance features. In some cases, …

CHAG SAMEACH MEDITATION PSALM 27 (Robert Alter translation) For David The [Eternal One] is my light and my rescue.    Whom should I fear? The [Eternal One] is my life’s stronghold.    Of whom should I be afraid? When evildoers draw near me to eat my flesh ­–    My foes and my enemies are …

CHAG SUKKOT SAMEACH OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month of October. If we were together at Temple Kol Hamidbar, we would extend a Tallit over you, recite a special prayer for you, and recite the following blessing …