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!
October 3, 2020 By Beth Mordecai no comments.
Commencing just four days after Yom Kippur is the holiday of Sukkot. One of the names of the holiday is zman simchateinu, the time of our communal joy. But what exactly is the joy of sukkot?
One of the leading experts in joy or happiness is a professor at Penn named Arthur Seligman. Seligman is noted as amongst the founders of the field of positive psychology, if not the actual progenitor of the field itself. His first book, titled “Authentic Happiness” laid out his theory in which he breaks down happiness into three elements: 1) Positive emotion 2) engagement and 3) meaning. The idea was that happiness is the highest goal of human living. Later though, Seligman’s thinking changed. In his[...]
Category : home Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Sukkot
October 7, 2019 By Beth Mordecai no comments.
October 13, 10 a.m.
Come help build and decorate the Beth Mordecai Sukkah!
October 16, 12 p.m.
Meet Rabbi Metz at Menlo Park Mall to learn the lulav shake!
October 18, 6:30 p.m.
Shabbat Services & Community Shabbat Dinner in the Sukkah.
October 19, 10 a.m.
Shabbat, Sukkot and Yizkor service.
October 21, 6:30 p.m.
Celebrate our finishing and beginning the Torah anew with Israeli dancing and Scotch tasting.
September 27, 2018 By Beth Mordecai no comments.
This Shabbat, the Torah portion that is read is from the end of the book of Exodus. We read this portion to correspond with the holiday of Sukkot instead of the next portion chronologically in the Torah, V'Zot Ha'Brachah which is read on Simchat Torah. I would like to share my thoughts on this final Torah portion. Deuteronomy 33:4 states: “תורה צוה לנו משה מורשה קהילת יעקב” Torah tzivah lanu moshe, morashah kehilat yaakov. The Torah was commanded to us by Moses, it is an inheritance of the community of Jacob. This verse can be separated into two parts. First, we have where the Torah came from. The Torah was commanded to us by Moses, and ultimately by God. Second, we have the statement[...]
Category : Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Shabbat Simhat Torah Sukkot Torah Teachings
September 27, 2015 By bethmordecai no comments.
SUKKOT Prep Rally & Celebration
Sunday, September 27th
5pm-8pm (approximately)
Congregation Beth Mordecai (224 High Street, Perth Amboy NJ)
Bring your glue and together we will...
* Prep and design our beautiful Sukkah
* Put the finishing touches on our events for the coming year
* Celebrate the fruits of our community with a Delicious Holiday Dinner
FREE Dinner for first 40 to RSVP! 3 ways to RSVP...
~ Email -- ari.saks@gmail.com
~ Phone -- Office: 732-442-1373
~ Facebook event page: tinyurl.com/BethMordecaiSukkot
Thanks to our sponsors for the meal...
~ Elyse Lyons
~ Norma Witkin
~ Dr. Alvin Kravet
~ Jay and Miriam Hamelburg
~ Board of Trustees
Our Sukkah ~ Our Events ~ Our Beth Mordecai Home
Category : Holiday Events Sukkot
November 12, 2013 By bethmordecai no comments.
Enjoy these fun pictures from our Sukkot celebrations in 5774!
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Category : Pictures Sukkot Uncategorized
October 1, 2013 By bethmordecai no comments.
Dear Hevreh, On Kol Nidre, I challenged our community to build something special that will last. Yet if we are truly going to build something special then throughout this process we must identify the ingredients that will go into our "special sauce." Identifying these ingredients will require opportunities for us to come together on an individual and communal basis to share our Jewish passions with one another, which means that one of the key indicators for knowing that we are on our way to crafting our special sauce is how successful we are at coming together and showing up at schul. Enter Exhibit A...Holiday attendance. I'm not talking about the High Holidays, but rather the joyous holidays of Sukkot, Sh'mini Atzeret, and Simhat[...]
Category : Rabbi's Journal Sh'mini Atzeret Simhat Torah Sukkot Yom Kippur Tag : high holidays jewish passion rabbi's journal rabbi's tisch sh'mini atzeret simhat torah sukkot unique torah Yom Kippur
September 23, 2013 By bethmordecai no comments.
By bethmordecai no comments.
Dear Hevreh, I could be mistaken, but I don't think many of us find the act of starting our cars a meaningful moment in our day. For those who drive regularly, it is a mundane occurrence that we don't think about (until that inopportune moment when our cars won't start). Yet there I was, sitting in my car on Friday morning, about to turn on the ignition and feeling lots of butterflies in my stomach as if I was walking into a room full of teenagers. All of a sudden, a simple act that I have done countless times in my life became a spiritual test, full of meaning. Why was this ignition start different than all other ignition starts? Because this[...]
Category : Holidays Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Sukkot Tag : car community ignition lulav m'lakhah mission lulav and etrog mitzvah rabbi rabbi's journal sukkot work
By bethmordecai no comments.
Dear Hevreh, I could be mistaken, but I don't think many of us find the act of starting our cars a meaningful moment in our day. For those who drive regularly, it is a mundane occurrence that we don't think about (until that inopportune moment when our cars won't start). Yet there I was, sitting in my car on Friday morning, about to turn on the ignition and feeling lots of butterflies in my stomach as if I was walking into a room full of teenagers. All of a sudden, a simple act that I have done countless times in my life became a spiritual test, full of meaning. Why was this ignition start different than all other ignition starts? Because[...]
Category : Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Sukkot Tag : car innovation meaning rabbi rabbi's journal sukkot vulnerability
September 18, 2013 By bethmordecai no comments.
