We are a traditional egalitarian synagogue in MN affiliated with USCJ & guided by the principles of Torah, Avodah, & Gemilut Chasidim. More at https://teapawt.net/t.co/I7iSb5z9ak!
Mendota Heights, Minnesota
Joined October 2011
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There is a debate in the Talmud about whether the Shofar should be bent or straight. The debate centers on whether or not it is better to be bent over or to stand straight on Rosh Ha-Shanah. Rashi comments that the straight option is based on the verse "let us lift /1
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For those who follow the Ashkenazi custom, Selichot begin tomorrow night after Shabbat. As we enter the process of inner accounting in earnest, helpful to remember Rav Shagar's beautiful teaching: "We look back over the year that has passed...like every year, /1
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As Rosh Ha-Shanah approaches, we recall the words of the U-Netaneh Tokef: "We are like a class vessel easily broken, like the withering grass, a fading flower, a passing shadow..." As Rabbi Lew (z"l) notes, "If you've been paying attention for the past seven weeks... /1
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Our JFS Community Chaplain Rabbi Lynn Liberman, BCC, has joined a the strategic planning group at the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab at Brandeis University, funded by the Revson Foundation. Read more: jfssp.org/2021/07/jfs-commun…
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Today, the beginning of the month of Elul, we begin to say the 27th Psalm every day during the season of repentance, during the thirty days leading up through Rosh Ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur and even continuing afterward for about a week. This Psalm becomes a kind of... (1)
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Start Your Weekend Early - "A Pickle" Tonight On Harriet Island! 7 p.m. Target Stage, St. Paul; Saturday, 7 p.m., Wolfe Park, St. Louis Park and Sunday, 1 p.m., private back yard, Golden Valley. Buy txs:
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Thank you Yossi for the incredibly kind words! We would also like to thank the St. Paul Jewish Federation for their support and Marilyn Ruby for writing the incredible article. Read Yossi's post and the TC Jewfolk article below.
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Huge kudo's to to Susie Weiss @SnoozyWeiss for this long overdue column.
tabletmag.com/sections/news/… "Young American Jews are among the most literate and well-resourced cohort of people in history. ... Lied to? You couldn’t sneak a crouton into these people’s salads ..."
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Public Service Announcement: (1) George Floyd did not sacrifice himself. He was tortured and brutally murdered. (2) A verdict is not justice it’s a chance for accountability. (3) Those closest to the pain of this issue feel these microaggressions deeply. It’s exhausting.
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Today, on Yom HaShoah, we remember the 6 million Jews who lost their lives during the Holocaust. We are dedicated to telling their stories, and, by doing so, we affirm the enduring spirit of the Jewish people and our commitment to upholding justice. Join us in our remembrance.
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Join @HIASrefugees March 5-6 for #RefugeeShabbat! Learn how you can get involved at hias.org/refugee-shabbat
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This is a beautiful teaching about prayer from R. Ya'akov Leiner of Izhbitz/Radzyn, offered via twitter by a profound and insightful teacher of Torah, @jorosenfeld
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This past Shabbat we read the Song/Poem of the Sea. Rabbi Zohar Atkins on poetry vs. prose in the Torah: In Deut. 31:19, at the end of the Torah, Moses refers to his last speech as “this poem”…And yet, the Torah is not written entirely in verse. How can the entire Torah 1/2
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Some powerful teaching from a deep, insightful teacher...I urge students of Torah to follow him! @ZoharAtkins teapawt.net/ZoharAtkins/status/135…
"Why does the story of Israelite liberation find fulfillment in song?"
My thoughts on what I call "linguistic miracles," with help from Plato, Zukofsky, and Tzvetaeva.
Liberating Lyric etzhasadeh.substack.com/p/li…
#Torah #poetry #songofthesea #exodus @Hartman_Inst @substack
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A very important conference on the struggle against climate change from a Jewish religious perspective. This talk in particular by my teacher Rabbi Shai Held looks very interesting
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One of the best ways to help our community during this pandemic is donating blood. Thank you to the Beth Jacob Congregation in Mendota Heights and the @RedCross for organizing today’s blood drive and to everyone who participated.
