DAY 627: Feeling Energized

March 19, 2014
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DAY 627: Feeling Energized

(3/19/14)

What was your favorite part of Homecoming Weekend? The schmoozing on the boat? The reminiscing with old and new friends? We’re sharing some of our favorite memories right now on our new Facebook group “We Are Beth Mordecai” so please log on and share your memories.
 
As I think back in my own mind to all of these memories (and as I read the ones you share online), I can’t help but feel one thing…energized. The love and connection that permeated our sanctuary, Safran Hall, the boat, and even the walking tour of Perth Amboy is still present, like God’s sukkat shalom in the evening Hashkivenu prayer. Ever present and ever comforting is the feeling generated by the Homecoming Weekend, which leaves me with only one response… to be energized.
 
Maybe that energizing spirit means I wake up a little earlier or answer my emails a little faster. Maybe it’s reaching out to new and old members a little quicker, or thinking of a program to run a little harder. I feel I have no choice but to respond to the commanding feeling of the weekend, with energy and my hope is that no matter how we as a community respond to the command of this weekend, we will do so with lots of energy
 
How are YOU planning on responding to the command of this weekend? Share your thoughts via email.
 
Kol Tuv,
 
Rabbi Ari Saks
 
P.S. Click on this link if you are interested in reading my sermon from Homecoming Weekend Shabbat entitled “I am a Beth Mordecai Jew” — Responding to the Comamnd to Be Jewish

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