by Sylvia Krakauer | Sep 27, 2016 | 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 28, 2016 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: As you will be reading this month’s bulletin, we will be preparing to enter the Hebrew month of Elul. Many people may recognize the name “Elul” as the month that precedes Rosh Hashanah and all the...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Jul 31, 2016 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: While summertime is a time of great joy, pleasure, and relaxation for many people (as noted in my article in LAST MONTH’S BULLETIN), there is a portion of the summer that does not match the joyfulness that often...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Jul 2, 2016 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, friends, and families: With summer upon us, many families begin to view the calendar through the eyes of teachers and students. That is to say, family members who-despite the fact they are obligated by the requirements of their...
by Sylvia Krakauer | May 26, 2016 | From the Rabbi
Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: It is likely that many of you have heard the following question posed without the questioner receiving a satisfactory answer: “Is Judaism a religion, a people, a nation, or just what?” The question is a good one and...
by Sylvia Krakauer | Apr 27, 2016 | From the Rabbi
Even as you are reading this synagogue bulletin, we will be in the midst of “Counting the Omer”, counting the days and weeks between the festive holidays of Passover and Shavuot. The concept of “Counting the Omer” is really a misnomer but it is one that has...