For Tu B’shevat (Sunday 1/31, 4:00pm)

Here are ideal ritual items for our three-shul Tu B’shevat Seder. For zoom link instructions, please consult our Events Calendar. Shanah tovah l’eitzim – Happy New Year for the trees and the approach of spring!

This Fertile Fallow January: Preparing for Tu B’shevat (Sun. 1/31, 4:00pm)

Join us Sunday, January 31, at 4:00pm for a multi-media, multi-sensory multi-shul Tu B’Shevat seder celebrating the approach of spring, in our Sunday zoom space. Here’s Rabbi David’s article from January 1: By Rabbi David I hate winter (and sometimes the Boston Red Sox, but I digress). I’m all for the …

When You Squeeze an Orange: On Democracy and the Events of January 6, 2021

We will remember January 6, 2021, as a day of infamy. America’s temple of democracy was defiled and her secular Torah, the U.S. Constitution, was imperiled as never before in the 230 year history of this republic. I share these words with spiritual purpose. As always, the ethics of my …

Lighting Us Up: An Ode to Chanukkah

By Rabbi David December 2020 – doorway into winter nights and then increasing light, a new U.S. presidency, a world still breaking into an uncertain future. What we see may depend partly on how we look and how we are. This year especially, December’s usual “light up the dark” spiritual …

Yom Kippur 5781-2020 – This Plastic Hour: Love’s Forward Memory We Need Now

By Rabbi David Gut yontif on this Yom Kippur of loving connection, courage, vulnerability and forgiveness. These “love” themes of our High Holy Day journey all flow into this poignant day when Jewish wisdom urges that we can change our lives in just a day if we’ll take that inner …