Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Reaching Across the Divides It may not surprise you that we clergy spend a great deal of time reflecting on how we [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, September 17, 2024
It's (Not) All About the Bike!I’m an avid road biker. (My wife might use other terms...). I try to get out on the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, September 16, 2024
Reflections on a visit to the Nova Music Festival Memorial As I made my way through the brutally disturbing exhibit subtitled "The Moment [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, September 13, 2024
Like many of you, I’m sure, I remember exactly where I was early in the morning on September 11, 2001. My brother [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, September 12, 2024
“Rabbi Akiva says sing every day; sing every day” (Sanhedrin 99a-99b). The sages of our tradition rarely repeated words unless there was something [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Throughout my childhood, my dad would periodically share with me and my brother, Lee, about where he was and what he was [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Every Thursday morning in our 5th and 6th grade tefillah, we sing Psalm 150. The ancient words are no stumbling block for our [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, September 9, 2024
We have, each of us, drawn close to Rachel and Jon Goldberg-Polin as they worked tirelessly for eleven months to bring their son, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, September 6, 2024
Rabbi Yoshi shared these words at our memorial for the six hostages murdered by Hamas. Just a few days after October 7th, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, September 5, 2024
The month of Elul beckons us to craft a plan for realizing the lives we wish to lead in the year ahead. [...]