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The Call For Clarity – Shofar Concepts The commandment is to hear the sound of the Shofar. From the Shema we know that hearing in Judaism means to understand. The call of the Shofar is the sound that wakes us up, so that we’ll make a choice

1.    Welcome – I love greeting everyone each year a.    try to remember names b.    vision that this is our weekly Shabbos service! 2.    Thank all of you for joining us, new faces, old faces, this is a very special time for myself and family and we are glad you are

1.    Thank all of you for joining us, new faces, old faces, this is a very special time for myself and family and we are glad you are a part of it. 2.    We hope the 49hrs as meaningful and relevant to you as possible.  Feel comfortablehere not just

WELCOME TO EVERYONE! Thank all of you for joining us, new faces, old faces, this is a very special time for myself and family and we are glad you are a part of it. Too many to mention – TRULY SPECIAL THANKS TO everyone who helped us

·         Thank all of you for joining us, new faces, old faces, this is a very special time for myself and family and we are glad you are a part of it. ·         Too many to mention – TRULY SPECIAL THANKS TO everyone who helped us get ready for

1.       Opening Night a.       Nothing you can do for G-d.  No martyr – mentality or “suffering servant.”  Everything we do “religiously”  we do for ourselves — charity, truth, justice, happiness, forgiveness – G-d doesn’t “need” you to do that, YOUR life will be better, YOU will be happier if you are a

RH is day of Judgment – to stand trial – wouldn’t it hep if we knew exactly what we are being judged on? Firstly – RH is NOT about reward and punishment.   We are NOT asking for another year of life as a reward for being good. So

Introduction: Most Jews in America today come to shul 2,3 – even 100 times a year – yet don’t really understand the function of the Jewish Holidays – what is the essence of the day, why do we celebrate them and how should  the holiday change me/ affect

Welcome and Intro Thank all of you for joining us, new faces, old faces, this is a very special time for myself and family and we are glad you are a part of it. TRULY SPECIAL THANKS TO SEENA ELBAUM – REALLY CAME THRU Thank our sponsors

Thank all of you for joining us, new faces, old faces, this is a very special time for myself and family and we are glad you are a part of it. TRULY SPECIAL THANKS TO SEENA ELBAUM – REALLY CAME THRU Thank our sponsors – Wachs Family,

Welcome and intro The holy shleppers that pose as Chasidim and the leader heals the daughter.                                                                i.      Sometimes we feel like shleppers, our actions are lowly and we feel like bums in the strett, but if we cry out from the depth of our hearts, we too can

Welcome again, about to blow the shofar – the mitzvah action of the day! What is the big deal about this sound? Even the wording of the mitzvah is strange – listen to the “voice” of the shofar? Judaism is an honest religion – describe ourselves as Stiff necked

As we approach Rosh Hashana, it is important to understand why Rosh Hashana is such an important time. Furthermore, on a more practical level, it is essential that we are aware of our avoda during this time period. It is a great shame to experience Rosh Hashana

1.       G-D, You have an incredible vision for all of humanity and for me. I want my life to be aligned with Your vision. 2.       I want to recognize the blessings in my life and see the totality of the life You gave me, the pain and the joy,

On Rosh Hashana there is a ceremony called Tashlich. Jews traditionally go to the ocean (or a stream or river), pray, and then throw bread crumbs onto the water, to symbolically rid themselves of their transgressions. Some people have been known to ask what kind of bread crumbs should they

SYNAGOGUE SEATING REQUEST FORM During the last holiday season, many individuals expressed concern overthe seating arrangements in the synagogue. In order for us to place you ina seat which will best suit you, we ask you to complete the followingquestionnaire and return it to the synagogue office as soon

PRAYER is called avoda she b’lave.  It tries to get what you know in your head into your heart.  Our hearts were opened up this year.  Hopefully our prayers will be that much more potent and we won’t forget the things we ought to do in life

Have you ever heard of a knuckleball?  The knuckleball pitcher lets it go, hopes it goes straight but  inevitably it will flutter left and right, darting all over the place and you hope, (underline hope) it lands for a strike or at least the batter swings at

Over the last few months Wall Street has been on a roller coaster ride, with the Markets gyrating wildly in response to the sub-prime mortgage melt-down.  World central banks have stepped in to add liquidity to the credit markets and talk of a savings and loan style

Joke about being careful what you ask for. A couple in their mid 40’s finds an Arabian Nights bottle and a genie appears granting each of them any wish they want. The man asks for a wife half his age. Suddenly he is 90 years old! When

Based in large part on article written by David Brooks published in the NY Times  September 7, 2004 We all want to ignore or forget reality.  We don’t want to make the effort required to be real. Yet reality or truth is the only path to enduring

Ever have a dream and someone is chasing you or a similarly bad situation is occurring and you wake up and you sigh a deep breath of relief that it wasn’t real.  Then you go back to sleep and you get back into the same dream, the

I am sure that we have a lot of Yankee fans in the audience.  I have always been a sports nut.  And it’s not just that I love the games.  I like the story and the human drama that comes out of the game.  There are many