*Event is in person with live stream via Boxcast, Facebook and YouTube. High Holy Days 5787/2026 schedule of services and events Date Time Event Friday, September 11th 11:30am Shofar Blowing – The Amberleigh 12:00pm Shofar Blowing – Canterbury Woods…
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Torah Thoughts – Korach – Numbers.16.1-18.32 – “How You Spell G-D”
Mordecai Kaplan would begin his classes at the Jewish Theological Seminary by writing God in English in the board without the dash in the middle. Inevitably one of the rabbinical students would stand up to reprimand their teacher. In response,…
Torah Thoughts – Numbers.1.1-4.20 – Bamidbar – “Choosing to Be Counted”
This Shabbat we have a very unusual double Bat Mitzvah. Shea and Bryn are two best friends who are celebrating their big day together. But that is not what makes it so unusual. What is particularly noteworthy is that each…
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Torah Thoughts – Tzav – Leviticus 6:1-8:36 – “The Mitzvah of Burnt French Fries”
The incident happened so quickly there was little time to react. One of my children decided to heat up oil on the stovetop to make French fries. When they took the top off the pot, a giant flame burst forth. …
Erev Rosh Hashanah 2025/5786 Sermon
“Our Lucky Thirteenth” I don’t know if you are aware of this, but Jews tend to be very superstitious people. When we hear good news we say, “Keinahora,” a conjunction of three Yiddish words said fast – “Kain” “Ayin”…
Torah Thoughts – Ki Teitzei – Deuteronomy.21.10-25.19 – “Not All Torah Portions are Created the Same”
The look on Tina’s face said it all. “Isn’t there anything else in the portion we can take a look at?” she asked me, after we read through the verses her daughter Isabella had been assigned. We had just delved…
Torah Thoughts – Devarim – Deuteronomy.1.1-3.22 – “There Are Simply Not Enough Words”
There are 23,008 words in the book of Deuteronomy that we begin this week. But despite its length, Moses’ final speech to the Jewish people only seems to scratch the surface of what he needs to say. The length of…
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