by Sylvia Krakauer | Dec 27, 2022 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom friends, members, and families: In connection with a recent sermon I shared with the congregation just a few weeks ago in which I shared a more “instructional” style in my remarks than a more typical “preacher’s” discourse, in my desire to be the...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Nov 29, 2022 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, families and friends, We will soon be preparing to celebrate the joyous holiday of Chanukah and, in order to best fulfill the spirit of the holiday, I share with you the following concerning the laws and traditions of the holiday: Typically,...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Nov 1, 2022 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: “One for All and All for One” The title of this bulletin article is not an expression unique to the Three Musketeers alone. It is a description of the principle and ideal for which Judaism strives at all times and in...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Sep 13, 2022 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom Families, Members, and Friends: Having begun reciting the extra prayer, “L’Dovid,” (Psalm 27) with the first day of the Hebrew month of Elul and continuing up to the holiday of Simchat Torah, it is well worth examining a portion of this selection for...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Aug 1, 2022 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, friends, and families: As we experience a myriad of varied extremes of emotions and feelings on the different days of celebration, commemoration, and sadness we find at this time of year on the Jewish calendar, we learn that the underlying,...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Jun 30, 2022 | From the Rabbi
Dear Bnai Shalom members, families, and friends: I am hoping that, in spite of ongoing COVID-19 fears, everyone is doing well. While summertime is NORMALLY a time of great joy, pleasure, and relaxation for many people, there is a portion of the summer that does not...