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I would like to thank the wonderful Keter Torah Kehilla for your warm sentiments and consistent acts of kindness since the passing of my father. You have provided much comfort at this difficult time for our family. We are also excited to have you, the Keter Torah Kehilla, join us at our smachot, including the upcoming Bar Mitzvah Kiddush on Shabbat Parshat Nitzavim, in honor of our son Dovid’s Bar Mitzvah.
At this time of year, reconciliation becomes a central theme in our lives. I would suggest that considering the Shalom Bayit status of our homes is even more significant than repairing relationships with friends and extended family. The Talmud in Sanhedrin 7a says
"When the love between my wife and me was strong, we were able to lie together on the blade of a sword. But when our love was weak, there was not enough room for us to lie together even in a bed of 60 amot." This provocative statement should remind us that family peace, tranquility and growth are not at all dependent on the size of our homes or of our material status. There is an ancient Sephardic custom (quoted in the Ben Ish Chai) for families to sit together on Erev Yom Kippur and to extend forgiveness to each other. While these gestures are wonderful, it would seem redundant to the general requirement of seeking forgiveness and offering regrets before Yom Kippur. I believe that the message in this additional ritual is that we often reach beyond the walls of our homes without seeing what is in front of us. While reconciliation cannot be achieved via a one day ritual, acts of attempting reconciliation could help generate a new pattern of behavior.
May Hashem grant all of us a year of peace – for our people, our nation and in our homes. Much of the work is our own.
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From our Rabbi, Winter 5768-2007
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