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Elul – How Do We Live in the House of God?: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Ashira Boxman

August 27, 2026

Click Here to View a Video of Achat Sha’Alti with our Cantorial Team During the month of Elul, our tradition teaches that we should read Psalm 27 twice daily as we lead up to Rosh HaShanah. A popular verse from this psalm, and one you can listen to our cantors singing in this message as well, is verse 4: “One thing I ask of the LORD, only that do I seek: to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD, to frequent His temple.” The question put before God here asks how we can live in God’s house all the days of our lives. How can we experience the beauty of God and feel such a closeness to God? These are questions we may or

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October 7 Anniversary Message
“How is one to communicate that which by its very nature defies language?” asked Nobel Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel. “How is one to explain the inexplicable? And then, how can one be sure that the words, once uttered, will not betray, distort the message they bear?” The tsunami of evil
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October 7, 2024
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Congregational Message about Israel Rabbi Dan Levin
Collectively, we breathe a sigh of relief that today’s attack of hundreds of ballistic missiles by the Republic of Iran was thwarted by the State of Israel. Our hearts go out to all those in the State of Israel forced once again to run for cover from Iranian aggression. We express
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October 1, 2024
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Banding Together In Loneliness: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
Like many of you, I have struggled with a mix of emotions during the months since October 7. What began with horror and dismay as the first images began to spread turned to anger and rage that our sisters and brothers in Israel could be so brutally treated. Those emotions
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May 31, 2024
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Yom Ha’atzmaut: Shabbat Message from Cantorial Soloist Michelle Auslander Cohen
Years ago, while pursuing a career in opera, every coach and conductor I worked with told me my voice was perfect for La Bohème. I spent hundreds of hours in my twenties practicing this music, yet there came a point when I made a decision that I would never be
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May 17, 2024
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Yom HaZikaron Message by Rabbi Dan Levin
The words we use to remember and honor the memory of our loved ones are found in the Mourner’s Kaddish. It mentions nothing of death. It asks us only to acknowledge the greatness of our Creator – to exalt and glorify, extol and praise the Holy One for the awesome gift
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May 13, 2024
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An Open Letter to Student Protesters: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Dan Levin
Dear Student Protesters: I want you to know that I see you. I hear you.  We raised you to be feeling, caring, compassionate. We raised you to love your neighbor and to love the stranger. We raised you to never be silent while your neighbor bleeds. We raised you never to harden your hearts
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April 26, 2024
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To Stay Silent: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
As if there wasn’t enough already, more tragedy befell the Gaza Strip this week. Seven brave souls, inspired to confront one of the most pressing humanitarian crises in a generation, were struck down in a horrible, heartbreaking accident. The memory of the aid workers from World Central Kitchen (WCK) should
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April 5, 2024
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So How Was Israel?: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Dan Levin
Since returning home from Israel just a few hours before last Shabbat, so many have asked me a simple question. “How was Israel?” That simple question for me is overwhelming in its complexity.  It’s so hard to answer. I tried to capture some of the essence of Temple Beth El’s
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March 1, 2024
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Solidarity Mission to Israel – Rabbi Dan Levin’s Trip
While on our temple’s Solidarity Mission to Israel from February 18-23 2024, Rabbi Dan Levin summarized each day on social media. Here are his day-by-day posts.  Day 1 – February 19, 2024 What brings us to Israel? A duty, a compulsion, a sense of deep connection, a yearning to share
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February 28, 2024