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Cantor’s Pick of the Week – I Have A Voice – Laurie Akers, Chava Mirel, Elana Jagoda, Abbie Strauss, Colleen Dieker – 6/20/23
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Torah Thoughts – Korach Numbers.16.1-18.32 – “The Talmud’s Guide to Healthy Conflict”
A recent text from our Thursday night Talmud study, absolutely blew my mind. It involves a little-known rabbi named Evyatar whose decision about the necessity of requiring agents to validate bills of divorce from outside of Israel was in conflict…
Torah Thoughts – Sh’lach Numbers.13.1-15.41 – “Celebrating the Sacred in our CSS Community.”
In Hebrew, the root letters Kuf-Dalet-Shin can be used to describe Kiddish wine blessing on Friday night, the Mourner’s Kaddish memorial prayer, and Kiddushin, the Jewish wedding ceremony. What these three experiences have in common is that they are all…
Cantor’s Pick of the Week – Matisyahu, Jerusalem (Out of Darkness Comes Light) 2010 – 6/12/23
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Torah Thoughts – Beha’alotcha – Numbers.8.1-12.16 – “Capturing Nature in Art”
Like many of you, I am very excited about this month’s reopening of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly the Albright Knox). Inside we will finally be able to witness hundreds of pieces of artwork that had previously been in…
Cantor’s Pick of the Week – Paul Staley z”l A Shavuot Yizkor Remembrance
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Torah Thoughts – Naso – Numbers.4.21-7.89 – “Jewish Pride”
In honor of the beginning of the Book of Numbers and its theme of surveying the State of the Jewish People, I presented this article at our Friday night services two weeks ago. This week’s Torah portion, Naso, picks up…
Torah Thoughts – Shavuot – “Don’t Judge a Torah by Its Cover”
This Friday, in addition to being Erev Shabbat is also Shavuot, z’man matan Torah, the holiday celebrating the receiving of Torah at Mount Sinai. Someone asked me recently what we mean when we say Torah? Torah is not only the…
Cantor’s Pick of the Week – Oseh Shalom (May the One who Makes Peace)
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