by Sylvia Krakauer | Dec 1, 2020 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: With the ongoing Corona virus lockdown and all its rules, regulations, and restrictions, I am hopeful that the holiday of Chanukah will enter your homes with joy and celebration and bring up the level of happiness in...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Oct 30, 2020 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: With davening, the offering of prayers to Almighty G-d, taking place mostly from our homes these days due to the COVID-19 virus restrictions in place, I offer the following guidelines of halacha (Jewish law) helping to...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Sep 29, 2020 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: Recently, a shul member asked me to share with the congregation’s bulletin readers a Jewish knowledge and information quiz that I included in the monthly B’nai Shalom bulletin a couple years ago. I have therefore...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Aug 27, 2020 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: As you read this month’s bulletin, we will have already entered the Hebrew month of Elul. Many people may recognize the name “Elul” as the month that precedes Rosh Hashanah and all the “high...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Jul 28, 2020 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: We miss you! This is strange, so bizarre… It is hard to get used to yet it has now been ongoing for us in the shul community since the middle of March. Who could have known? Who could have foreseen that our lives would...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Jun 29, 2020 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: I am hoping that, in spite of the COVID-19 virus epidemic fears and restrictions, everyone is doing as well as possible. While summertime is NORMALLY a time of great joy, pleasure, and relaxation for many people, there...