Rabbi's Corner
Rabbi's Corner: Commemorating Kristallnacht and Veterans Day
11/07/2025 08:14:12 AM
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Beginning this Sunday evening through Monday at sundown, November 9th and 10th, we commemorate the 87th anniversary of KristallnRead more...
Rabbi's Corner: When Dignity Is at Risk: Our Jewish Call to Action
10/31/2025 08:28:40 AM
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This week, our Torah portion, Lech L’cha, introduces us to Avram (as he is first known): “Go forth from your land, from yoRead more...
Rabbi's Corner: I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends
10/24/2025 07:21:29 AM
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Shabbat morning t'filah (services) overlooking Maple Lake at URJ Camp George (photo by Rabbi Sharon Sobel).
I’ve always lRead more...
Rabbi's Corner: Together, You and I Can Change the World
10/17/2025 07:01:21 AM
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Our hearts are filled with gratitude that the living hostages are finally home from Gaza after two long, terrible years. The roaRead more...
Home at Last! Rejoice with Us Tonight at Simchat Torah
10/13/2025 10:06:55 AM
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Today is a day of rejoicing and celebration.
After 738 days, the twenty living hostages have finally returned home. Our heartsRead more...
Rabbi's Corner: Sukkot Shalom - A Time for Peace, A Time for Joy
10/10/2025 08:35:14 AM
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This week, as we sit beneath the open roofs of our sukkot, we gaze upward through branches to a sky that feels both vast and intRead more...
Rabbi's Corner: Sukkot - A Time of Radical Hospitality
10/03/2025 09:31:50 AM
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The final t’kiah g’dolah of last night's Yom Kippur N'ilah service is now behind us. Four days from now, beginning Monday eRead more...
Rabbi's Corner: Shabbat Shuva - Spilling Coffee From the Cup
09/26/2025 07:53:09 AM
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This Shabbat is unlike any other in our calendar. Nestled between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Shabbat Shuva, Shabbat of RetRead more...
Shana Tova from Temple Beth Or
09/21/2025 03:24:55 PM
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Shana Tova! As we prepare to enter 5786, we stand at the threshold of a season ripe with potential, new possibilities, and frRead more...
Rabbi's Corner: Standing Together - Finding Hope in The Days of Awe
09/19/2025 09:06:40 AM
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“You are standing here today, all of you… atem nitzavim hayom kulchem” (Deuteronomy 29:9).
These could be the opening Read more...
Rabbi's Corner: Building Bridges of Understanding, Creating Anchors of Peace
09/12/2025 07:18:13 AM
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For over two decades, Temple Beth Or has welcomed nearly 100 teens from Cardinal Gibbons High School (a private Catholic high Read more...
Rabbi's Corner: The Courage to Choose Love Over Hate
09/05/2025 08:57:27 AM
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As I prepared for Shabbat this week, I was drawn to the wisdom of the late Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, z"l. He highlighted two vRead more...
Rabbi's Corner: Labor Day - A Sacred Pause
08/29/2025 08:28:27 AM
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If you sing or play an instrument, you understand that in music, the breaths, rests, pauses, and the spaces between the notes areRead more...
Rabbi's Corner: I Am My Beloved's and My Beloved is Mine
08/22/2025 10:03:59 AM
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This Sunday evening, August 24th, we begin the Hebrew month of Elul, the month that gently but firmly ushers us toward the Yamim Read more...
Rabbi's Corner: We Do Not Live on Bread Alone
08/21/2025 10:15:35 AM
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This week, a group of Reform rabbis has gathered privately to explore how we might begin to make a difference in what is unfoldinRead more...
Rabbi's Corner: Tarnished Faith-Faith Restored
08/21/2025 10:14:15 AM
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Over the years, I have made a personal practice of using meditation and mindfulness as one of many tools: to help keep me centereRead more...
Rabbi's Corner: Ahavat Yisrael - Love, Responsibility and Moral Courage
08/21/2025 10:13:00 AM
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I am an ardent Zionist. My love for the State of Israel was instilled in me by my parents and grandparents, who proudly supported Read more...
Rabbi's Corner: Are We There Yet?
08/21/2025 10:09:15 AM
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Did you know that there are 433 national park sites in the United States, with 63 of those containing the name “National Park” Read more...
Rabbi's Corner: Let it Rain
08/21/2025 10:07:45 AM
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It rained the entire time of my first visit to Temple Beth Or this past November. The steady downpour did nothing to diminish the Read more...
Rabbi's Corner: Wildly Unimaginable Blessings for the Start of Our Time Together
08/21/2025 10:06:01 AM
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July 11, 2025
I am so honored to join Temple Beth Or as your Intentional Interim Rabbi. Over the coming days, weeks, and year ahead, I look forward to getting to meet and know as many of you as possible: to listen to and learn your stories, to understand what is important to you, and to walk alongside you during this important year of reflection and transition.
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