Dear Haverim:
*TONIGHT, July 25th, 6:30 p.m., Kabbalat
Shabbat (6 p.m. Happy Hour). SCOTTISH SHABBAT. Having just got back
from our family vacation, I will be dedicating the next three or four Friday
night services to the Jewish history of each country we visited, serve food,
set the music appropriately, and when appropriate, wear the native dress. So
tonight, I will be sporting, and invite you to sport, your best Royal Stuart
Tartan – I’ve got a matching kippah and tie.
I will serving kosher Scottish shortbread, and I will have a wee bonnie
surprise to serve up here and there.
Prepare to vicariously visit France, Greece, England, and or course,
Israel in the weeks ahead. TONIGHT IS ALSO ANNIVERSARY SHABBAT! I
would like to bless our July couples, and give them reading parts in the
service.
*TOMORROW, July 26th, 9:30 a.m.,
SHABBAT SERVICES. This week’s
portion is called Mas’ei, and deals
with the wanderings of the Jewish people.
I will talk about our recently completed Beth Shalom-ASKE-Beth Emeth
trip to Israel, and with a little show and tell, go over some of the highlights
of our visit, as well as the political situation, on the ground, as we
experienced in “real-time.” I hope, in
the Torah portion’s spirit to recount key moments along our desert wandering,
and do the same with this trip. I am
still processing our experiences, so this will be but a glimpse, which I hope
to expand upon during Rosh Hashana.
I am glad to be
home. I missed you all very much and
when some of you contacted me during my time away, I hope I dealt lovingly and
effectively with the concerns that you brought to my attention.
Shabbat shalom !
Rabbi Michael
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