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August 28, 2026
Twenty-five years ago, I parked my car outside Beth El to start my first day as the new Assistant Rabbi. When I arrived, the congregation had just celebrated the 50th …
December 9, 2025
Dreidel trivia: According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the most dreidels spinning simultaneously for at least 10 seconds is 820. The longest dreidel spin is one minute, 29.93 …
November 6, 2025
Thank God. Thank God the hostages are home. If we had not gotten them back now, two weeks ago as of this writing, I certainly would have been here speaking …
September 2, 2025
I love the energy of the start of the school year – the fresh haircuts, stories of summer adventures, and the excitement of meeting new classmates. On the first days …
April 1, 2025
By Rabbi Deborah Megdal. If you ask our youngest Religious School students “Why do we celebrate Passover?” they might start by singing the refrain: “frogs here, frogs there, frogs are …
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