When I was growing up, you could buy two kinds of matzah in the store: plain or egg. Today, the grocery store shelves are overflowing with a plethora of varieties of matzah: plain, egg, onion, spelt, oat, gluten-free, tea matzah, whole wheat, whole wheat and bran, matzah “sticks”, English matzah, Israeli matzah, chocolate covered matzah, […]
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Rabbi’s Corner: Passover- Liberty and Freedom are the Inalienable Rights of Every Human Being
I am beginning to plan our Temple Beth Sholom Second Day Pesach (Passover) seder. On Pesach we celebrate the Jewish people’s liberation from slavery in Egypt. We retell the story of the Exodus each year to remind ourselves that the gift of freedom comes with great responsibility: our freedom means we have the responsibility to work to free those who […]
Rabbi’s Corner: Finding Hope – By Being a “Good Neighbor”
Earlier this week, I finished preparing my paperwork to send to my accountant for my 2022 tax filing. Among my papers was a tax receipt for a donation made for relief efforts to help those in Ukraine affected by the war with Russia. This war has now been going on for over one year: one […]
Israel: Love, Opportunity and Challenge
Rabbi Sobel will teach 4-part class on Israel RSVP necessary for Zoom or in person (details to come). Class dates: 4/13/23, 4/27/23, 5/4/23 and 5/11/23. All classes are on Zoom and in person on Thursdays and start at 7:15 pm. Register here TBS members: no fee; Non-members: $18/session; $54 for all four sessions Yom Ha’atzma’ut, […]
Rabbi’s Corner: For the Sake of Zion, We Cannot Stay Silent
Rabbi Sharon Sobel and her dear friend, MK Rabbi Gilad Kariv I am an ardent Zionist: my paternal grandmother was the president of her chapter of Hadassah and made me a life member when I was seven years old, long before this was common for young children. My parents took us to New York City […]
Passover 2023 at TBS
Passover 2023 will begin in the evening of Wednesday, April 5 and ends in the evening of Thursday, April 13 Community Seder On Thursday, April 6 at 6:00pm we come together to retell the story of Passover. Join us for a community 2nd Night Seder with Rabbi Sobel. Register Here. Haggadot Exhibition What Haggadah will you […]
Rabbi’s Corner: Esther – Going Beyond the Biblical Text
When I was three, four and five years old, my mother used to dress me as a hamantaschen for Purim. She cut two large triangles from corrugated cardboard, decorate them to look like the front and back sides of a hamantaschen , thread string through them and put them over my head sandwich-board style. She also made […]
Jewish Food for Thought: An Ethical Discussion Series
Back by popular demand, following our Selichot film and discussion. Jewish Food for Thought is a collection of engaging animated conversations between Hanan and his parents that explore Jewish teachings on themes such as forgiveness, love, gratitude, and many others. This project was created with generous funding by The Covenant Foundation, with Fiscal Sponsorship by […]
Rabbi’s Corner: Gifts
I grew up in New Jersey, and lived a far distance from both sets of grandparents who lived in New England. Back then, travel was a journey, a “big deal” and a great effort. So we only saw my grandparents two or three times a year. After my maternal grandfather died, my grandmother remarried Willy […]
Purim Shmonim!
Multi Generational Purim Carnival March 5, 2023 10:30 – 11:30am ECC & Religious School Musical Performances 11:30am – 1:30pm Carnival REGISTER HERE Purim as well as 80’s themed costumes encouraged for everyone! Fun and exciting time for the whole family!