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Lecture Series: Race and Responsibility
January 13, 2021 by Temple Sinai • Continuing Education, Tikkun Olam •
The Temple Sinai Social Action Committee presents a 5-part lecture series, beginning Tuesday January 19th. All lectures run from 7:00 to 8:30 pm on ZOOM. A ZOOM link will be published on the home page and in the calendar prior to each event. Events will require a passcode for entry. Call the Temple Office (802-862-5125) […]
Rabbi’s Weekly Email – January 6, 2021
January 7, 2021 by David Edleson • Rabbi's Blog •
Hello Temple Sinai,
Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for it, everyone would swallow his neighbor alive. Pirkei Avot 3:2
….anyone who is able to protest against the transgressions of one’s townspeople and does not, is punished for the transgressions of the townspeople… Talmud Shabbat 54b
It is odd when an event is shocking, and at the same time utterly expected and predictable. Watching the images from the Capitol today was shocking, but it was less the shock of surprise, and more the stomach-sinking shock of realizing the thing you had feared is now actually happening in front of you.
Rabbi’s Weekly Email – December 30, 2020
December 31, 2020 by David Edleson • Rabbi's Blog •
Hello Temple Sinai,
In the Jewish world, Rosh HaShanah has become our official “New Year” from which we count our calendar, but our tradition actually has four new years, each counting different periods, much like we have ‘calendar year’, ‘fiscal year’, and ‘contract year’. The oldest of our new years was Pesach, and spring was called the ‘first season.’ That makes sense in an agricultural society, particularly one in northern Israel that has a temperate climate and spring starts the growing season. There was also Tu Bi Sh’vat, the New Year for counting the age of Trees…
Rabbi’s Weekly Email – December 23, 2020
December 27, 2020 by David Edleson • Rabbi's Blog •
Hello Temple Sinai,
My father loved Christmas. He would take us for long drives to look at the lights, randomly blurting out “ho, ho, ho!”. Many years a lit tree twinkled in our living room window. For him Christmas was an American holiday, and he loved being American…
Anti-Racism Book Group – January Book
December 23, 2020 by Temple Sinai • Continuing Education, Tikkun Olam •
Go Tell It On The Mountain – James Baldwin (1953) Online discussion – January 11, 2021 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Registration required (see below) “Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, is Baldwin’s first major work, a semi-autobiographical novel that has established itself as an American classic. With lyrical precision, […]
New Book Group selection for January
December 23, 2020 by Temple Sinai • Continuing Education •
Rescue: The Exodus of the Ethiopian Jews by Ruth Gruber, Atheneum Books (1987) Rescue is the moving account of the lives, struggles and persecutions of the isolated black Jews of Ethiopa – and of their valiant journey across the country to their long-awaited rescue and absorption into Israeli society. Our Jewish History study group meets […]
Rabbi’s Weekly Email – Happy Hanukkah 5781!
December 17, 2020 by David Edleson • Rabbi's Blog, Temple News •
Hello Temple Sinai,
I hope everyone is having a nice light-filled Hanukkah, despite the darkness of winter and the disappointments of distancing. It has been really nice seeing so many of your faces on ZOOM this Hanukkah, and to see distant family members and friends join us. We had a big turn-out for Yoel Sykes, and it was a treat to get to sing Shabbat in with Nava Tehila tunes and Yoel Sykes right there.
Outgoing President’s Message
December 4, 2020 by Temple Sinai • Temple News •
Dear Temple Sinai Members– Thank you to all those who attended our Annual Meeting on November 22. And thank you for bearing with me for perhaps what was one of our longest meetings on record. We covered a lot of territory; addressed important issues. I am delighted that we re-elected Rabbi David Edleson to a […]
Rabbi’s Weekly Email – December 3, 2020
December 3, 2020 by David Edleson • Rabbi's Blog •
Hello Temple Sinai, This week’s Torah portion, Vayishlach, (Genesis 32:4-36:43) is among the most compelling of the many stories the Hebrew Bible has given to world literature. It is the story of Jacob. Having worked decades for his father-in-law Laban to marry Leah and Rachel, he now makes his way by foot with his family […]
Rabbi’s Weekly Email – January 15, 2021
January 14, 2021 by Temple Sinai • Rabbi's Blog •
Happy Rosh Chodesh, Temple Sinai,
Tonight is the new moon, or rosh chodesh of the Hebrew month of Sh’vat. Rosh Chodesh is a time for giving thanks, and for putting out our hopes and prayers for the coming month, that as the moon grows, we move from conflict to peace, from danger to safety, from poverty to satisfaction, from fear to security. Let that be our prayer this new moon.
Also in this email:
– MLK Events
– Kaddish for Sheldon Adelson