Rabbi Janine's Messages

Dear Community, 

Tonight is the beginning of the last two days of the chaggim/holidays of the High Holy Day season. We have a few more moments to spend under the sukkah. We will celebrate our love of Torah on Simchat Torah. Then we will welcome Shabbat. 

Thursday morning at 9 a.m. we will have Yizkor and Hallel services on Zoom. The link for this service can be found in this week's e-bulletin. 

Then later at 12 p.m. on Thursday we will celebrate one more afternoon in the sukkah with Torah study. Bring a snack to share!

Friday we will dance with the Torah (and stuffed toy Torahs for the little ones) at our Tots and Kids program, with dinner included. Then, as the sun sets, we will welcome Shabbat and celebrate the Bar Mitzvah of Isaac Doerr. 

There will be several days of celebration. Please check your e-bulletin for times and any more information on any of these events. I hope you will join us! 

Some things I'm reading, watching, and listening to: 

This article by Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, CEO of the Hadar Institute How to celebrate Simchat Torah when our hearts are weighed down by grief

A unified multifaith message of peace, civility, and non-violence during the election season from Philadelphia religious leaders:Interfaith Philadelphia Religious Leaders Council peace and civility messages during this election

This new song by Joey Weisenberg: Ufros Aleinu (“Sukkah of Peace”) 


Wishing you joy and peace as we finish the 5785 holidays strong!

Rabbi Janine Jankovitz