Kind and strict – we need both
Eighth Day of the Omer We began the second week of the Omer last night, thinking about the idea of gevurah, or “power” and “strictness”,
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Eighth Day of the Omer We began the second week of the Omer last night, thinking about the idea of gevurah, or “power” and “strictness”,
Day Seven of the Omer Our final day in the week focusing on compassion and loving-kindness asks us to reflect on Malchut-Rulership – the mystical
On Passover we celebrate freedom and the holiness of the family celebration. We may have time alone and time with family, or attention for our
Exodus Chapter 37 begins: “Then Betzalel made the coffer, of acacia wood, two cubits and a half its length, a cubit and a half its
We bring our families to Shalom Park and CJP knowing that Judaism is much more than going to synagogue once a week. Each and every
This week’s Torah is called B’shalach, and this title word itself raises questions. Here is the translation of the opening phrase, from Exodus 13:17 –
Kvetch, defined by the OED as: to complain habitually, gripe; as a noun, a person who always complains, describes our people from the start. After
Stubborn Pharaoh, stiff-necked Israelites – our time as slaves in Egypt ended over the objections of our oppressor and even the Israelites resisted liberation by
Ten of us from Temple Beth El journeyed to San Diego to connect with 4775 Reform Jews, to learn from best practices, to be enlightened
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