by Sylvia Krakauer | Jun 30, 2024 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: As you are reading this bulletin, we will be about halfway between the joyous festival of Shavuot, (behind us) and the sadness-filled fast day of Shiva Asar B’Tammuz, coming up in just a few weeks. There is ALWAYS...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Jun 17, 2024 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, friends, and families: Having recently returned from (what I discovered was my…) 25th trip to Eretz Yisrael, I would like to share with you a number of observations and points of interest from our trip. I hope you will find this helpful,...
by Sylvia Krakauer | May 5, 2024 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, friends, and families: When we completed the Fast of Esther just before Purim, we found ourselves in the longest stretch on the Jewish calendar until the NEXT fast day: Shiva Asar B’Tammuz, the 17th day of Tammuz, four months away. This is...
by Sylvia Krakauer | May 5, 2024 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: Although the joyous and festive holiday of Purim has only just concluded, we nonetheless turn our attention (as always) to the custom-filled and traditionally-rich holiday of Passover immediately. I share the following...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Mar 3, 2024 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, friends, and families: As we all know, it is a universal truth that life is meant to have a start and a finish, a beginning that we all celebrate and an ending which we typically mourn. Hashem intended our lives to be abbreviated – hopefully...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Feb 4, 2024 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: I hope and trust you all had a happy Tu Bishvat, the most recent of our Jewish holidays. If you were fortunate enough to participate in a Tu Bishvat Seder, you may have the joy of sharing your experience with the many...