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Shabbat Shalom and a meaningful
Memorial Day weekend.
Following the devastating
tornados of this past week, our
federation has set up an Oklahoma relief fund.
See our photo
album from last week’s K’tanim and Hebrew School moving up ceremonies. Please send me
additional photos and video to include in that album. Also see prior albums for
the 7th grade class wedding, Temple
Rock Cafe
Shabbat-O-Gram for May 18, 2013
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Our 7th Graders just before their "Aliyah" service on Tuesday evening
Shabbat Shalom
With Shavuot behind us, this week we are blessed with not one but two ufrufs at services on Shabbat morning, celebrating the upcoming weddings of Matt Miller and Jamie Morvitz, and Alexis Kraus and Marc Steinberg. I can't recall having two ufrufs at the same service here before. We
Why Do Jews Stay Up All Night and Study on Shavuot?
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WHY DO MANY JEWS STAY UP ALL NIGHT STUDYING TORAH ON SHAVUOT?
http://www.schechter.edu/Responsa.aspx
Volume 7, Issue No. 7, May 2013
Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin
Question: It is customary to study Torah all night at a Tikkun Leil Shavuot. What are the sources and the customs related to this practice?
Responsum:
I) Some of the Primary Sources
There are a vast number of primary sources
Why Do We Eat Dairy on Shavuot?
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Why is it customary to eat dairy products on Shavuot?
Let me count the ways...
WHY DO WE EAT DAIRY
ON SHAVUOT?
Many
reasons are offered for the custom of eating dairy on Shavuot:
The Ten Commandments encompass
all 613 commandments. Thus, when the Jews returned to their tents after
the giving of the Torah, they were bound for the first time by the Torah's
dietary laws.
Shabbat-O-Gram for May 10: Moms, Movements, Moons, Mountains and Matriculation
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Mazal tov to our Sisterhood as tomorrow is our long-awaited, snow-delayed annual Sisterhood Shabbat. A special mazal tov to Maureen Leffand, well-deserving recipient of this year's Rose Rosner Memorial Award for her stellar volunteer work. We also wish mazal tov to our 7th grade class, who will be "moving up" at their Aliyah service this Tuesday night, the first night
TBE Bar/Bat Mitzvah Commentary: Zachary Feinstein on Emor
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My portion of Emor talks a lot about leadership qualities
– especially those that were held by the priests – the Cohanim. The list here focuses on appearance but
most of Jewish tradition places the focus on other qualities too. That broader list would include not losing
your cool, keeping calm and taking responsibility. For me, two qualities of leadership are by
far the most important:
TBE Bar/Bat Mitzvah Commentary: Lewis Baer on Behar - Behukotai
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Shabbat Shalom!
Today we read two
portions of the Torah, which bring to an end the book of Leviticus. The first one, Behar, contains a number of
commandments. The second one,
Bechukotai, talks about the consequences for Israel if they follow those
commandments, or if they don’t. What’s
interesting to me is that many of the commandments described in Behar are in
the singular.
Being a Mensch / The State of the Rabbininate
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Being a Mensch, Becoming Human, Staying Alive
Last night about 25 men gathered for our inaugural men's discussion session. The conversation was free-flowing and liberating. It was truly intergenerational, allowing a real dialogue to take place about crucial topics, all revolving around what it means to be a mensch in this day and age. I can't tell you much more, because what happens at
Shabbat-O-Gram for May 3
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First, some odds and ends:
See Early Childhood Coordinator Ronnie Brockman's blog on how counting the Omer - and counting in general - can be fun and exciting for kids. BTW, I'm happy to report that Shorashim enrollment is nearing capacity for the fall - so sign up while you can!
And see our new album of photos and videos from last week's Seventh Grade mock wedding ceremony. Adorable is
High Holiday Sermons 5767: Time to Act
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Day 1 | Day 2 | Kol Nidre | Yom Kippur
Rosh Hashanah Day One
"Time to Act"
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
It’s been a rough summer, rough all over the world. So rough in fact, that one night when Mara and I wanted some escapist pleasure for a few hours we decided to see the Al Gore documentary on global warming. Even before the missiles started falling all over northern Israel, this was one