Author: Judith Weiss

Education Notes from Debbie Chessin:   THIS Sunday, January 20th – Religious School Schedule:  Period One – 9:45-10:40 am Period Two* – 10:50-11:45 am Tefillah* – 11:45 am – 12:15 pm * We will be joined by 6th grade students and their teachers from the West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church Monday, January 21st – Hebrew […]

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This week’s Torah portion is Bo – Ex. 10:1-13:16, and begins with the last four plagues and the final blow — the death of the firstborn.  The ninth plague is the plague of darkness – choshekh.  The Egyptians were in total darkness for three days — so thick, it could be felt; but there was […]

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A Message from our Security Committee on Security Protocol at Temple:    Shabbat Services return to BI-TWT on Friday night, 11/30/18 & Saturday, 12/1/18; our students return on Sunday, 12/2/18.   The following represents the security protocol for all temple events:   BACK DOORS WILL REMAIN LOCKED….24/7/365. 1.  Night time services/events – the vestibule light will […]

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This week’s Torah portion for Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot (Intermediate Shabbat of Sukkot) is from Exodus 33:12-34:26. “Be prepared for the morning, and in the morning you shall ascend Mount Sinai and stand before Me there on the top of the mountain.” (Exodus 34:2) We hear two stories on this Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot…. We will […]

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Our Torah portion this week is Ha’azinu – Deut. 32:1-32:52; it is Moses’ farewell song to the Israelites, a final reminder of their relationship with God and the consequences of not keeping God’s expectations before them.  Rabbi Daniel Goldfarb teaches that the word “Ha’azinu” means to listen, through the ozen – the ear.  Ha’azinu is […]

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This week’s Torah portion is Va’yeilech – Deut. 31.  Moses tells the Israelites that because of his advanced years, one hundred and twenty (God bless him!) he can no longer be active – “I can no longer come and go…” (30:2).  God will be with the people as they enter the Promised Land, and Joshua […]

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