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Rabbi Linda's Blog: Wisdom for November from October

November 2024

Following the Hebrew month of Tishrei, filled with busy, meaningful Jewish holy days and festivals, comes the month of
Cheshvan. While Cheshvan is typically a quiet month on the Jewish calendar, this year it corresponds to November, a full and challenging month on the American calendar. Election day, November 5, is almost here and tensions are mounting about what the outcome will mean for us and for our country. The air is charged. Anxiety abounds.

As we navigate this month and beyond, I’d like to suggest that we lean into the lessons from our Tishrei/October holy days to steady us for the days ahead. Specifically, our holy day season brought us face to face with the uncertainty and impermanence of life and guided us to meaning making through these existential truths. How? We...

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Tot Shabbat is Going Strong

Since last fall we’ve met on the 2nd Friday of every month for Tot Shabbat, a program where we come together with young families to color, play, tell stories, schmooze, eat, sing, and celebrate Shabbat together as a community. Over the past 6 months we’ve had 30 families participate, with about 5‐7 families per month.

Many thanks to our volunteers and our rabbinic interns, who make it all possible: Jackie Gelman, Lynn Cashell, Lev DePaolo, Elaine Feldman, Alisa Herman‐Liu, Lydia Kendis, Randi Raskin Nash, Alan Ross, Kathy Trow, and, of course, Rabbi Nathan and Rabbi Linda.

If you’d like to attend or help out at a future Tot Shabbat please reach out to Jackie Gelman.

Upcoming dates: 11/8, 12/13, 1/10

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Rabbi Nathan's Blog: Rabbi's Note

November 2024

As we enter into our post Holidays month of Heshvan, it is important to take a moment to share gratitude and thanks for all of the people who have helped make our holidays so meaningful and enriching. We thank those whose work may not often be seen ‐ those who shopped, moved chairs, dropped off Mahzorim, created materials, transported and put out food, cleaned up, made music, sang, read poetry and chanted Torah, got our Zoom and sound running, greeted, accompanied those who need extra help, cooked, cared for children and youth, kept our building secure, collected and distributed food donations, and so much more. The strength of our community are the many ways that we step up for each other to deepen our connections to one another and create meaning‐filled activities. May we continue to do so in 5785 and beyond!

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