by Sarah Jane | Jul 1, 2019 | News
Rabbi Eichenholtz’s Message: בס״ד Happy Summer!!! At least for me it is an exciting summer. By mid-July I will have moved into Leominster and officially joined Congregation Agudat Achim. Einstein (my dog) and I are very excited to meet everyone and...
by Sarah Jane | May 29, 2019 | News
Rabbi Zehavi’s message: בס״ד “Standing Again at Sinai” — That is the title of Judith Plaskow’s pivotal book on Jewish feminism and it’s the idea at the core of the holiday of Shavu’ot. We recall the experience of our ancestors as they stood at the foot of the...
by Sarah Jane | May 1, 2019 | News
Rabbi Zehavi’s message: בס״ד The second night of Passover began the period of the ‘omer, seven weeks of counting until we reach the holiday of Shavu’ot. This diligent and dutiful ritual of tallying our days and weeks marks the link...
by Sarah Jane | Apr 1, 2019 | News
____________________________________________________________________________ PASSOVER BULLETIN MARCH 28, 2019 ____________________________________________________________________________ “This is the bread of affliction which our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt....
by Sarah Jane | Apr 1, 2019 | News
Rabbi Zehavi’s message: בס״ד Next Shabbat coincides with Rosh Hodesh Nisan, the new moon of the month of Nisan. Two weeks later, the full moon of Nisan will be the beginning of Passover. The coming weeks are traditionally characterized by a cleaning frenzy...
by Sarah Jane | Mar 5, 2019 | News
בס״ד It might seem hard to imagine holidays more different than Purim and Yom Kippur, yet for many centuries Jews have noted many of the striking connections between the two. On the most basic level, their names are linked – the longer name Yom haKippurim...
