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!
June 17, 2016 By bethmordecai no comments.
The following is a preview of a conversation this Shabbat morning in honor of Father's Day...
Dear Hevreh,
I'm not sure how to celebrate Father's Day. Though this will be my third Father's Day as a "father," I don't quite know how to approach the significance of this day. It it supposed to be a "ho-hum" day with the highlight being the giving of gag gifts and the telling of dad jokes? Or is it supposed to be something more significant where the role of a father is appreciated in a way analogous to (though not the same as) the way that Mother's Day is celebrated as a High Holiday on our secular calendar?
I guess this question of how[...]
Category : home Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Tag : dads egalitarianism fathers day home jobs society work
September 23, 2013 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
March 8, 2013 By bethmordecai no comments.
2013/5773 (Triennial) -- Can We Ever Finish Our Work? Double Torah Portion: Vayakhel/P'kudei The pace of our lives is ever frantic and it never seems that we have any time to breathe. In fact, it is often possible to feel guilty when we're not busy with something. Can this week's Torah portion, and Moses and God in particular, teach us about how to rest in the midst of the craziness of life? Are we doomed to work till we drop or can there be some respite?
Category : Online Learning Online Parashah Class Tag : breathe craziness of life double torah portion God learning moses online learning onlne parashah class p'kudei parsha pekudei respite rest vayakhel weekly torah portion work