CALLING ALL PARENTS: IT'S TIME TO PUT ON YOUR DANCING SHOES!!!

Each year at the Hanukkah concert, your children delight and entertain you. There must be a handful of you who secretly wish that YOU were standing on that stage dazzling the crowd.

Well now's your chance!

YOU can star in the finale of this year's Hanukkah Concert, "Macca Beat-it"  featuring the music of the late, great, Michael Jackson. No stage experience nor singing required, just a desire to dance and have lots of FUN!

Here are the details:

Step 1: Email Keri Smith at ksmith@talmudtorah.com or Elana Jacobson at ejacobson@talmudtorah.com to let them know that you want to be a part of this amazing experience.
DEADLINE TO RESPOND: Wednesday, Nov 7th

Step 2: Clear your calendars for the following rehearsal dates: Tuesdays, Nov 20th, 27th and December 11th from 7:30-9:00 p.m.

We need 40+ people for this to work. So please - drag your spouses, bribe your friends, let's bring our community together for one joyful, fun-filled night.

We look forward to hearing from you!!!

Sincerely,

Keri Smith, Jennifer Chobotiuk and Elana Jacobson

WEEKLY TORAH PORTION WITH RABBI BELLAS  

 

Shabbat Parashat VaYeira

The Importance of Self-Doubt

 

This week, we are presented with a parasha (weekly Torah portion) that tantalizes the intellect. It contains several vignettes, each of which having powerful religious, ethical, and theological meaning: Avraham and Sarah being visited by three messengers bringing the news that Sarah would give birth to a son; the destruction of S'dom and Amorrah; the birth of Yitzhak; the expulsion of Hagar and Yishma'el from Avraham and Sarah's household; akeidat Yitzhak/the binding of Isaac. As you can see, we have before us a Torah portion that provides many opportunities for study and inspiration.

 

The S'dom and Amorrah section of the parasha contains the well-known argument between Avraham and God, where Avraham challenges God's ethics. When God informs him of God's plan to destroy the two cities and all their inhabitants, Avraham asks God, "Will the judge of all the earth not do justice?" (Gen. 18:25) Avraham wants to know how God could wipe out two cities without so much as checking for any righteous residents who could redeem the cities from their fate and serve as role models for the general public's reformation. God hears Avraham's plea and is bargained down to a mere ten righteous souls who, if found, would serve to reverse God's decree of destruction for the cities. In the end, the ten are not found and the cities are destroyed.

 

Shabbat Shalom,

 

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