Healing From the Jewish Interpretive Perspective Rabbi Spike Anderson Tuesday, 7:00pm-8:30pm Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30 RSVP below. … [Read more...]
Shabbat Service-Sanctuary
7:30pm-8:45pm … [Read more...]
Pause a moment and consider who “YOU will be”
The darkness of winter, complete with blistery winds and negative temperatures that correspond with this secular New Year (at least in the northern hemisphere) seems to give rise to thoughts of our own mortality. A year fades away; a new one is born. A part of us dies, and a part of us becomes born anew. We are ushered into becoming our “new selves” as speedily as we might ski or sled down a hill or snowbank. As we move quicker towards the bottom, we become laden with slogans of self-renewal: “Lose weight! Get healthy! Exercise! Spend more time with family! Declutter your digital clutter!” -we are on a re-creation roller-coaster. Let’s put that roller-coaster on pause and reflect for a moment. What ending are we coming from? What new beginning are we heading toward? Last weekend we completed the story of Genesis; a book fraught with the creation of our planet, humankind and the family dysfunction that comes along with our existence. The opening verses of Genesis point to God’s … [Read more...]
Rabbi, why is 18 a “lucky” number in Judaism?
I have to say, the number 18 was never my “lucky” number as a kid. Probably like many of you, I based my lucky number on my favorite athlete’s jersey. For me, it was soccer star, Christine Lily’s, #13, but perhaps you always went for Michael Jordan’s #23. In mystical Judaism, numbers and letters have a special relationship that gives certain numbers, like 18, a unique standing in the Jewish community. In the Jewish tradition of Gematria, the letters of the Aleph-Bet correspond to numbers: Aleph is 1, Bet is 2…Yud is 10, Yud-Aleph is 11, etc.. To get to the number 18, we add together the Chet (8) and the Yud (10), and what does that spell? — חי chai, meaning “alive.” Phrases like l’chaim, לחיים “to life,” ring out during celebrations and joyous gatherings. Perhaps you shouted a hardy “L’chaim!” as the clock struck midnight and we entered the year 2018 (20חי). We are constantly wishing each other a long life of health and prosperity, all of which our tradition likes to put on this … [Read more...]
Shabbat Service-Chapel
7:30pm-8:45pm … [Read more...]
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