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Dear Kol Rinah Family,
We’re so excited this Shabbat to welcome Dr. Marjorie Lehman to Kol Rinah as our Scholar-in-Residence. Thank you to everyone who’s helped out, including the Sara and Leo Wolf Adult Education Fund at Kol Rinah.
Dr. Lehman is a professor of Talmud at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and was a teacher of mine. She’s a fantastic thoughtful teacher, and I hope you’ll join us to study with her.
Services Friday evening will be at 6pm in the chapel. Candle lighting is 4:25pm.
Dr. Lehman will be speaking Friday evening after dinner at around 8:15pm on ‘You Never Call, You Never Write!’: Breaking the Negative Stereotypes of Jewish Motherhood.
Saturday morning, services will be at 9am in the lower auditorium. Rabbi Shafrin will be leading Torah Talk at 10:10am.
Dr. Lehman will speak at approximately 11am on, “David, His Sons and His Wives: The Challenges of Kinship.”
After Kiddush, Dr. Lehman will teach on, “What the Rabbis have to say in response to the #MeToo Movement.”
Mincha Saturday afternoon will be at 3:25pm, and Shabbat ends at 5:25pm.
Sunday morning at 10:15am at B’nai Amoona, Dr.Lehman will be reprising her Friday night talk, in case you miss it at Kol Rinah.
Next week will be a quiet week at Kol Rinah, amidst Thanksgiving. As a reminder, during holiday times, it can be hard to make minyan. If you’re able to make it in the mornings or evenings, your presence will be greatly appreciated.
Also as a reminder, if you or a loved one is in the hospital and would like a visit, give the office a call or email Rabbi Shafrin or me.
And now for a little Torah…
Rabbi Zohar Atkins writes about this week’s Torah portion: “Parashat Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18) begins with the death of Sarah and ends with the death of Abraham, followed by the death of Abraham's son, Ishmael. If Parashat Lech L'cha traces the founders' initial steps, Parashat Chayei Sarah describes their final ones. If Lech L'cha is about the heroism of starting out, Chayei Sarah is about the foresight and fortitude required to build a legacy. If Lech L'cha is about iconoclasm, Chayei Sarah is about transmission.”
These are, perhaps, different paradigms for living, for working, for projects. What in your life is in Lech L’cha mode, just getting started, requiring heroism, courage, iconoclasm, breaking some idols? And what in your life is in its final steps, about fortitude, about transmission?
Our institutions should also always be in both modes, starting certain things, and thinking about continuity or ending other things.
Which comes a little more naturally to you? Which do you need a little more of in your life now?
Shabbat shalom, and see you in shul,
Rabbi Noah Arnow
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