Month: December 2022

MEDITATION From “Mishkan T’filah / A Reform Siddur” p.145 ENTRANCES to holiness are everywhere. The possibility of ascent is all the time, even at unlikely times and through unlikely places. There is no place on earth without the Presence. PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/vayigash Vayigash (וַיִּגַּשׁ— Hebrew for “And [Judah] Approached [Joseph]”) – Gen. 44:18-47:27 Judah …

MEDITATION Hanërot Halalu – הַנֵרוֹת הַלָּלוּ [these lights/candles] WE KINDLE THESE LIGHTS because of the wondrous deliverance You performed for our ancestors. During the eight days of Chanukah, these lights are sacred; we are not to use them but only to behold them, so that their glow may rouse us to give thanks for Your …

PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/vayeishev Vayeishev (וַיֵּשֶׁב — Hebrew for “[Jacob] settled”) – Gen. 37:1-40:23 Jacob now settled in the land of his father’s sojourning, in the land of Canaan. – Genesis 37:1 SUMMARY: Jacob is shown to favor his son Joseph, whom the other brothers resent. Joseph has dreams of grandeur. (Genesis 37:1-11) After Joseph’s …

PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/vayishlach Vayishlach [וַיִּשְׁלַח (Jacob) Sent] Genesis 32:4−36:43 Jacob now sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, in the countryside of Edom. – Genesis 32:4 SUMMARY: Jacob prepares to meet Esau. He wrestles with a “man,” who changes Jacob’s name to Israel. (32:4-33) Jacob and Esau …

“Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind” – based on Hosea 8:7 DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month of December. If we were together at Temple Kol Hamidbar, we would extend a Tallit over you, say a …