Reflections Off the Bimah
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If I Could Tell My Fifteen-Year-Old Self
February 10, 2022
When I was about fifteen years old, my father took me to buy tefillin. An older teenage girl at my school showed me how to wrap tefillin one day at …
Can Hot Chocolate Stain a Patio?
February 7, 2022
I’ve never hosted a hot chocolate party before. It seems like it should be easy. You just take a few kumkum-hotpots full of water, then dump half a container of …
Let Me Sing to God
November 17, 2021
We are excitedly preparing for Interfaith Thanksgiving this Tuesday, November 23, 7:30pm, at Bethesda United Methodist Church (BUMC). The evening will be filled with blessings of gratitude, teaching, and music. …
Always be Celebrating
November 12, 2021
The life of a shul is often one of the hiker who plans his traverse of a stream by picking the firmest looking stones. The year is long but filled …
The Law of the Land
October 21, 2021
This week, I gathered with our affinity group for attorneys. Thirty-five of us began our morning with Talmud study. What better way to begin a day? We learned a section …