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Rabbi Birnholz January 2021 Scroll article

Last month, I offered insight into the Rabbinic machlochet (debate) between our Sages Hillel and Shammai on the subject of Hanukah Lights.   This month, I offer you their discussion of the timing of the New Year of the Trees. Mishnah Rosh HaShanah Chapter 1: (1) The four new years are: On the first of Nisan, […]

Cantor Kheel’s December 2020 scroll article

It is no secret that I am a self-described “foodie.” You may have seen a couple of my baking demonstrations on the Temple Beth Shalom Facebook page. I am also one of those millennials who takes pictures of the things I cook and posts them on social media. As we approach Chanukah, I thought that […]

Rabbi Birnholz December 2020 Scroll article

Last week, in the car on an errand, I was listening to NPR.   In an interview of ATUL GAWANDE, one of the folks on President Elect Joe Biden’s Pandemic Response counsel declared:  “This week we learned about the results of the Pfizer vaccine and its likely great effectiveness. That puts a light at the end […]

Lifting Each Other: Rabbi’s November Scroll article

There are stories, that I tell and read again and again.  They intrigue me, challenge me and inspire me and, I hope as I share them, do all of that, and more to you.   Every so often, one of the stories that I tell, either to get myself focused for spiritual work or to offer […]

TBS Education News November 2020

TBS Religious School is meeting regularly on Zoom and classes are going well. We certainly look forward to the day when we can be together again in our large group assemblies and when we can all enjoy our temple playground and campus. Hopefully, we will begin to transition Hebrew tutoring sessions and small group classes […]

Sisterhood President’s message November 2020

Hello everyone,   I hope you enjoyed our PJ’s and Pearls this past month.  Those of you who were not able to join us, missed a fun time.  Our knitting class this month, for those of us who do not knit, will be on November  11, at 2:00 pm.  December 8, at 6:30 pm, we […]

Keep on Blessing: Cantor’s November 2020 Scroll article

We are now entering the month of November. As this month on the secular calendar contains the holiday of Thanksgiving, it is traditional to spend some time reflecting on the things for which we are thankful. This year, it may be harder to find reasons to be thankful. A deadly pandemic has ravaged our world […]

Rabbi Birnholz’s Scroll article: Blessing the Creatures

In the first two Portions of the Torah, humanity is given the responsibility to take care of the creatures of the earth.  In Genesis, Adam and Eve are named caretakers for the animals in the Garden of Eden and then beyond. (In Genesis 1:28 the instruction is to “fill, master and rule.”  In Genesis 2:15 it […]

October 2020 Scroll article

Dear Friends, For my article this month I thought I would give you a behind the scenes look at what has and is being done to prepare for the High Holy Days that will start this Friday. On June 16th the Temple ordered the new video equipment that will allow us to stream our services […]