by Mordecai Miller | Jan 15, 2022 | Rabbi’s Remarks
Dear Friends, Within the last two weeks we’ve witnessed two acts against the Jewish Community, one in our neighborhood: the malicious destruction of the Holocaust Memorial Fountain, a week ago at the Santa Rosa Memorial Cemetery – for the second time in two...
by Mordecai Miller | Dec 13, 2021 | Rabbi’s Remarks
It seems as if every region of our country, East, South, Midwest and West is subject to some form of natural disaster. Hurricanes, tornados, fires, flooding, earthquakes; one never can be sure when they might arrive to disrupt and devastate our ongoing lives. Just...
by Mordecai Miller | Oct 24, 2021 | Rabbi’s Remarks
Now that we have turned back to the beginning in the Torah, there is no better time to begin taking a look at traditional Jewish study. Join in or simply observe our Rashi Study: Weekday mornings, Sunday – Friday 7:30 – 8:00 a.m. Also streamed and recorded...
by Mordecai Miller | Sep 3, 2021 | Rabbi’s Remarks
אחד המרבה ואחד הממעיטת רק שיכוון את לבו לשמים It is all the same whether one extends, or abbreviates (eg. prayer), As long as one directs ones heart toward heaven תפסת מרובה לא תפסת תפסת מאת תפסת If you grab a large amount, you won’t hold onto anything; If you grab a...
by Mordecai Miller | Aug 11, 2021 | Rabbi’s Remarks
This year, Saturday night, August 28th, starting 8:30 p.m., at the close of Shabbat, we will gather – on Zoom or in person – to perform the custom of “Selichot,” – taking time as a community to meditate on the year that has passed, think about the...
by Mordecai Miller | Jun 29, 2021 | Rabbi’s Remarks
Dear Friends, By this time most of us have heard of the terrible tragedy when part of Champlain Towers in Surfside Florida, collapsed while people were asleep in bed, Just imagining going through such an experience sends chills down my spine. Every individual who...
