Shabbat Greetings
In this week’s Torah portion, Re’eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17), Moses explains to the Jewish People: “See, I give you today a blessing and a curse”. (11:26) But why use the verb “SEE”? Why…
WTS School Supply Drive
Please support the school supply drive being sponsored by the Women of Temple Shalom, to benefit the Keyport Ministerium and the Collier School. Items can be dropped off at the…
Shabbat Greetings
We read in this week’s Torah portion, Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25), Take care lest you forget Adonai your God and fail to keep [God’s] commandments, rules, and laws that I enjoin…
Shabbat Greetings
There are a plethora of crime TV shows. In one series, the detectives, after some good sleuthing (and not so great dialogue), were interviewing witnesses and trying to convince various…
Shabbat Greetings
The Book of Deuteronomy, Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22) which we begin reading this week, is written in a different style than the earlier biblical books – not from the perspective of…
Brotherhood Baseball Game
Brotherhood is attending a Jersey Shore Blueclaws baseball game on August 5. If you wish to join the fun, you can register and purchase tickets here.
Shabbat Greetings
Our portion this week opens right after the priest, Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1), has committed a vigilante act and has executed an Israelite prince, along with his Midianite girlfriend, for having…
WTS Summer Mixer
The Women of Temple Shalom is hosting a summer mixer on August 3, from 7:00 – 9:00pm. If you wish to attend, please RSVP here.
Shabbat Greetings
Every so often, I learn something very surprising, something that I had no idea to be the case. Here’s an example: Those of you who have lived in the New…
Shabbat Greetings
The double Torah portion this week, Chukat-Balak (Numbers 19:1-25:9) offers us two distinct perspectives through which we may view our present circumstances, as Jews, and as Americans preparing to celebrate our nation’s…
Shabbat Greetings
This portion (Korach – Numbers 16:1-18:32) tells of the famous challenge of Korach and his camp in their confrontation with Moses and Aaron. In the end they are swallowed up…
Shabbat Greetings
Grasshoppers!. Our Torah portion this week, Shelach Lecha (Numbers 13:1-15:41), emphasizes that we saw ourselves as grasshoppers. Moses is commanded to send out twelve scouts to scout out the promised land.…