Havdalah & Game Night
Torah Thoughts Tzav Leviticus 6:1-8:36 “All Night Long”
There are three nights a year Jews pull all-nighters: Slichot, the Saturday night before Rosh Hashanah, Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks, and the Passover Seder. The late night element adds a measure of danger and fun to traditional rituals. On…
Passover Haggadah Project
Passover Yizkor Service
Torah Thoughts Pekudei Exodus.38.21-40.38 “Limiting What We Pay Attention To”
On any given day, there are so many things happening around us that it is difficult to tell what is most important. If you are like me, you scroll through your newsfeeds and social media to try to get a…
Havdalah and Game Night
This event has been postponed.
Torah Thoughts – Vayakhel – Exodus 35:1-38:20 = “On to the Next Thing”
As soon as the curtains went down on our wickedly funny Purim spiel last Thursday night, a transformation began to occur in our CSS sanctuary. The amazing sets put together by Julia and crew, the exquisite costumes sewn by hand…
Earth Day Celebration
Torah Thoughts – Ki Tisa – Exodus 30:11-34:35 – “Propaganda as Old as the Torah”
For our Biblical ancestors there was no greater political divide than the one between the Northern and the Southern Kingdoms. After the death of King Solomon, ancient Israel split into two parts: Judea to the South, and Israel up North. …