Newsletter Post – October 16, 2024

by | Oct 15, 2024 | Rabbi's Corner

What better way to launch our Year of Jewish Joy than with the most joyous Jewish holiday of them all, Sukkot, known in our prayerbook as literally z’man simchateinu, the time of our joy?! On Yom Kippur morning, I kicked off our Year of Jewish Joy by introducing...

Newsletter Post – October 10, 2024

by | Oct 9, 2024 | Rabbi's Corner

It was wonderful to see so many familiar and new faces on Rosh Hashanah last week, and I look forward to seeing all of you again for Yom Kippur this weekend. We are in the period of the 10 Days of Repentance, Aseret Y’mei Teshuvah, and we are collectively...

Newsletter Post – October 2, 2024

by | Oct 9, 2024 | Rabbi's Corner

Shana tova! I, along with all of the volunteer leadership at Temple Shalom, have been deep in preparations for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and I know it’s going to be a very special holiday period.  In between all of the services, one of my favourite ways to...

Newsletter Post – September 26, 2024

by | Sep 27, 2024 | Rabbi's Corner

It is hard to believe, but in exactly a week from now, we will be gathering together in our sanctuary to celebrate Rosh Hashanah as a community. As part of my own personal spiritual preparation for the High Holy Days, every year I read This Is Real and You Are...

Newsletter Post – September 19, 2024

by | Sep 27, 2024 | Rabbi's Corner

Originally published September 19, 2024 Author Anne Lamott writes that human prayer, regardless of faith, can be distilled into three categories: help, thanks, and WOW. This schema maps out onto Jewish prayer, both the words of our prayerbook and the words of our...