Temple Beth TikvahCategory: Rabbi’s Blog
Rosh Ha’shana Day 1: Hayom Harat Olam & Chana’s Loss
Boker tov and Shana Tovah! We are about to engage in a very powerful climatic moment in the High Holidays, lishmoa kol shofar, the mitzvah of listening to the Shofar. Hearing the blasts of Shofar each year takes me to…
Read MoreSetting & Achieving Goals, Erev Rosha’sh
Rosh Ha’Shana Evening: Year Summary, Setting and Achieving Goals Sermon
Read MoreRabbi Meeka’s Note on Charlottesville
From the Rabbi’s Blog…
“Our world is imperfect, and so we respond with hope.
Our world is full of darkness, and so we respond with light”
– Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesne
Welcome to Our Website!
From the Rabbi’s Blog…
So very exciting to post my first blog-post on our new website!
Read MoreMother’s Day Wishes
From the Rabbi’s Blog…
Every year, during the happy celebration of Mother’s Day in our country, many of us get to feel bittersweet emotions, hesitant to address the difficulties of this day…
Read MoreHow Do We Say “Graduation” in Hebrew?
From the Rabbi’s Blog…
In 2004, I finally stood proudly on the stage of San Jose State University to accept my Cum Laude Bachelor’s degree in Music Education. Very few people knew this was my first experience with such a wonderfully orchestrated, official, yet emotional (and long!) ceremony. Here is a “shocker:” As an Israeli, I never had experienced an American-style “Graduation,” and I honestly didn’t know what to expect…
Read MoreFeasting and Silly-Making
In Megilat Esther (scroll of Ester), we read that Purim is a time for “feasting and silly-making,” as well as sending baskets of food (mish’lo’ach m’anot). In addition to reading the whole M’gillah, we are to dress in costumes, poke…
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