Tikkun Leil Shavuot
Rabbis Adam Kligfeld and Rebecca Schatz, Cantor Michelle Stone, Rabbi Cantor Hilary Chorny
Rabbi Sandy Rosenstein will be joined by Rabbi Mel Young and Rabbi Rachel Axelrad on zoom in a community Tikkun Leyl Shavuot
Come celebrate Shavuot with your community friends for an evening of Jewish learning and interesting conversation as we gather to explore a variety of topics led by the members of our diverse Jewish community.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, z’l: Behar – Behukkotai – Family Feeling
Rabbi Sacks, z’l, cites 4 different verses that require us to be financially responsible for the well-being of our brothers. “Brothers” implies not just siblings and immediate or extended family, but the entire community. He cites Hosea, who describes God as a Parent, teaching a child to take its first steps.
Rabbi Adam Ruditsky: Parasha Behar Behukkotai- Reap What You Sow
“…in Bechukotai from Leviticus 26:3 and 26:14 we read simply that if God’s laws concerning the land are followed then there will be “rains in their season the earth shall yield its produce and the trees of the field their fruit,” but if they do not “you shall sow your seed to no purpose, for your enemies shall eat it.”
Rabbi Cantor Jennie Chabon: 3 Recordings
Rabbi Sacks also quotes Rashi, but he addresses the issue of Shabbat and its inclusion in the instructions for the Shalosh Regalim. Rashi explains that this is to emphasize the holiness of the festivals by comparing them to Shabbat.
Rabbi Adam Ruditsky: Emor
Rabbi Ruditsky quotes Rashi, who stipulates that the Levitical text addressing methods of execution for specific crimes is not to advocate the execution, but to underscore the difference between the holy and the secular.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: Parashat Emor Holy Times
Rabbi Sacks also quotes Rashi, but he addresses the issue of Shabbat and its inclusion in the instructions for the Shalosh Regalim. Rashi explains that this is to emphasize the holiness of the festivals by comparing them to Shabbat.
Parrashat Acharei Mot – Kedoshim: Rabbi Adam Ruditsky
Rabbi Ruditsky addresses multiple themes in this week’s parashat, starting with the concept of separation between the Holy and the secular.
Parashat Acharei Mot: Rabbi Chaim Ovadia
Rabbi Ovadia addresses the key themes of the weekly parashah, which covers the importance of following God’s commandments.
Rabbi Cynthia Minster
Temple Israel announces their installation of Rabbi Minster on May 19-20.