• Free Admission to High Holy Days Services
• Discounts at most TAO events
• Men's Spirituality Group
• Women's Spirituality Group
• Reduced advertising rates in the newsletter
• Member Only events like Havdallahs, Spirituality Groups, Sunday Salon with Rabbi Shoni and Dr. Lisa                       
• Saturday Morning Meditation retreats at Rabbi's home
• Saturday Shabbos Services at Artserve
• Labowitz Family Events  

Imagine finding something you didn't even know you were looking for.

Imagine a community of people of light, whose smiles, like the flames on the Shabbos candles, illuminate the room with a warm and welcoming glow.

Imagine hearing liturgy set to music for the first time, not recognizing the words or the melodies, instantly hearing them in your mind all day, and all night, humming them at first, until you suddenly realize you are singing them in the shower.

Imagine a temple without the traditional accoutrements of magnificent stained glass, a permanent arc, and a bimah with richly upholstered chairs, but one furnished with the richness of love, kindness and acceptance for each person who passes through the door.

Imagine understanding for the first time that temple is anywhere you experience the presence of God, not bound by four walls.

Imagine a congregation of people from vastly different backgrounds, coming together to pray, where each one is treated like a welcome, invited guest, whose presence will enrich the experience of every other guest there.

Imagine Shabbos services, where people come joyfully to sing and dance, to hug and be hugged, and to take a break from their daily reality to experience a different reality, one of connectivity to community, oneself and to the Divine.

Imagine a temple where it is more important to hold people than prayer books.

Imagine a family, a true family, of spiritual leadership.

Imagine the blessing of three Rabbis, a father and son, together leading the most holy of services, and a mother who, while quiet and unassuming, holds the space for the entire congregation with her gentle spirit and quiet presence, which speak louder than any words.

Imagine a traditional Rabbi, steeped in the rituals of our ancestors, sharing his voice, (which is as strong as his heart is warm), his smile, and always two outstretched arms for a hug.

Imagine next to him, his son, a young Rabbi, whose eyes shine brighter than the brightest light bulb on the darkest night, and whose words are those of a prophet. Imagine knowing that he is fulfilling his passion and his purpose as he shares it with those who come to hear his words, feeling that in every fiber of his being, he would rather be no place other than exactly where he is at that moment, touching hearts, changing lives.

Imagine the High Holidays, a time of joy and celebration, and a time of deep reflection and contemplation. Imagine that through each moment of the carefully planned services, the room is filled with a vibrational energy that emanates joy, love, forgiveness, optimism, and peace.

Imagine that instead of talk about sin and repentance, you are welcomed to the "Day of At Oneness," where you can be at one with yourself, your community and your God.

Imagine that rather than empty words of atonement, your temple is filled with the sound of drums, tambourines, guitars, pianos, flutes, violins, cello, mandolin, saxophone, and voices raised together in song.

Imagine dancing; dancing to celebrate joy, and dancing to take away our sorrow.

Imagine 600 individuals swaying as one, to the music they not only hear with their ears, but feel with their souls.

Imagine being so moved by the Rabbis and the music that you feel tears you were not aware of streaming down your cheeks while singing the Shema, knowing God is listening.

Imagine knowing that you know.

Imagine a Yizkor meditation which brings you closer to your loved ones, reminding you of just how thin the veil is between the two worlds, and that you can connect in the quiet of your mind any time....all the time.

Imagine after 9 hours of Yom Kippur services, a room full of people still laughing, smiling and wanting to dance!

Imagine the beauty of the Havdalah candles, the fragrant scent of the spices, and a community of outstretched arms, branches of intuition, reaching together as one to the stars, knowing that we are limitless, as our prophet has taught us.

Imagine the completion of the circle, as the next generation closes the most holy of services by leading the congregation in the blessing over the bread....a living example of l'dor v'dor.

I no longer have to imagine any of this. I have found it.

I have found TAO, my spiritual home.

With love and a full heart,

Sheryl Reback, 2013  

 

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