Congregation Beth Mordecai
Congregation Beth Mordecai
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
April 7, 2018 By Beth Mordecai no comments.
Come celebrate Israel's independence with us!
Friday, April 20,
6:30 Kaballat Shabbat Services
7:30 Potluck Dinner
RSVP to Rabbi Metz with the dairy/vegetarian dish you will bring.
(Rabbi.SaraMetz@gmail.com)
Category : Announcements home Shabbat
March 16, 2018 By Beth Mordecai no comments.
Learn the prayers for Shabbat at: http://www.sidduraudio.com
Category : Shabbat
By Beth Mordecai no comments.
Good Afternoon, This week we start reading the book of Leviticus. This book outlines the many intricacies involving the procedures a Priest would conduct including sacrifices. In this Torah portion, Moses also teaches the people the laws of which sacrifices to give and when. One of the situations discussed is when a person commits an unintentional sin. According to Hasidic thought and various psychological approaches as well, when we do something inadvertently, it is not a mere accident but it is our motives coming out from deep in our soul or subconscious. These actions reveal what is truly going on deep in us. Thus, one should not only ask forgiveness and make amends for the actual act that was committed, but for[...]
Category : Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Shabbat
March 9, 2018 By Beth Mordecai no comments.
Good Morning, This week I would like to share with you a thought-provoking interpretation of this week's Torah portion. This was written by one of my teachers, Rabbi Joel Levy, of the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem. We will discuss this further Shabbat morning. Please share your thoughts with me at Rabbi.SaraMetz@gmail.com. D'var Torah: A Woman's Gifts Rabbi Joel Levy, Rosh Yeshiva, Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem This double parasha, which describes the building of the tabernacle in the wilderness, mentions various contributions made specifically by the Israelite women. The first is found in Exodus 35:25-26: "...every woman wise of mind with their hands they spun ... the goats'-hair." By way of the ancient and time-consuming activity of hand-spinning - twisting fibers together to[...]
Category : Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Shabbat
December 14, 2017 By bethmordecai no comments.
Friday, December, 15 • Services 6:30 p.m. • Dinner 7:30
p.m.
We’ll supply the latkes and the Hanukkah fun,
you bring the rest.
Please advise Rabbi Metz as to what vegetarian/dairy dish you will be bringing
at Rabbi.SaraMetz@gmail.com.
Category : Announcements Hanukkah Shabbat
December 7, 2017 By bethmordecai no comments.
In lieu of Services we are looking to have an In-Home Shabbat experience. We are looking for volunteers to host Shabbat Dinner. No fancy or elaborate dinners are necessary! Shabbat is made by getting together with friends. This is only possible if you participate. Contact Rabbi Metz if you have any questions. Please fill out the form below, to let us know how you would like to participate.
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Category : Announcements home Shabbat
November 7, 2016 By bethmordecai no comments.
Want to share a special Shabbat dinner with fellow Beth Mordecai members? Sign up for Shabbat Across Beth Mordecai! It's easy, just fill out the form below and we'll tell you where you're going by Wednesday, November 16th.
Shabbat Shalom!
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July 1, 2016 By bethmordecai no comments.
Dear Hevreh,
It's my fault that fireworks are not happening tonight. One of the organizers asked me to pray that rain would not fall tonight, and though I did offer a prayer, it didn't help; the weather forecast is too inclement for the fireworks to happen tonight. They've been rescheduled for tomorrow and I hope the organizer doesn't ask me to offer a prayer for those fireworks - I don't want it to backfire.
Before you write me a note saying "to not take your prayers so seriously" or that "you really didn't cause this," just know that I wrote the previous paragraph with the proverbial tongue in my cheek. I recognize that prayer doesn't necessarily work in that way we most[...]
Category : home Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Shabbat Tag : abraham joshua heschel diversity fireworks rabbi rabbi's journal unity
May 6, 2016 By bethmordecai no comments.
Reflection on this Shabbat Morning's Torah Talk with a special kiddush sponsored by Harriet Pearlman who is moving to Minnesota to be closer to family..
תלמוד תורה כנגד כולם
Talmud Torah k'neged kulam
The Study of Torah is greater than everything else
(Mishnah Peah 1:1)
Dear Hevreh,
We yearn for our actions to be purposeful, efficient, and relevant, to take advantage of every second we have in this world because there are too few to spare. It may be ironic then that the study of ancient Jewish texts is perhaps, as the quote above teaches us, the most important thing we can do as Jews, yet on the surface, studying Jewish texts is an inefficient, laborious, task to delve into topics[...]
Category : home Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Shabbat Tag : rabbi rabbi's journal shabbat torah Torah Talk
April 15, 2016 By bethmordecai no comments.
Reflecting on an On Being podcast featuring David Whyte...
"Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity"
- in "Everything is Waiting for You" by David Whyte
Dear Hevreh,
Imagine that noise has disappeared. You sit or stand without the reverberations of the world around you. Are you scared, elated, or confused by the weight of silence? We must imagine a world full of silence because our lives are not silent; they are a messy mixture of noise and actions. And even when there are opportunities to be still, we cannot. We mindlessly click on our phones when nothing else is going on, reflexively hoping to fill that silence some useful action.
Yet what if we can find a way[...]
Category : Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Shabbat Tag : Alertness David Whyte Familiarity Noise On Being rabbi rabbi's journal sh'ma shabbat shema Silence שמע
