Friday, October 30, 12 Chesvan 6:00 PM Please join Rabbi Plumb and Zachary Mayer for a virtual "From Our Home to Yours" Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Saturday, October 31, 13 Cheshvan 9:30 AM Please join Rabbi Plumb and Cantor Ellen Band for a virtual "From Our Home to Yours" Shabbat Morning Services
The Parasha is Lech Lecha Genesis 14:1-9 The Haftarah is Isaiah 40:27-41:16
Please click here for the link to the new Conservative prayerbook, Siddur Lev Shalem: Shabbat Shaharit Siddur Lev Shalem The prayers will be the same as in our usual blue siddur, so feel free to use that instead if you wish.
Please click here for the link to the page numbers for Shabbat morning prayers in Sim Shalom (Blue) and in Lev Shalem Page Numbers for Shabbat Morning
We Remember: This week's upcoming Yahrzeit and Shloshim Observances
Shloshim Miriam Harel Benjamin Hyman
Saturday Samuel Sarver Mira Schwartz Eve Dickerman
Sunday Paula Sands Swartz Eliezer Eshkenazi Miriam Kressyn
Tuesday Doris Cohen Bessie Levine Louis Charnow Morris L. Selib
Wednesday Sybil Sherman Barbara Smith Florence Madow
Thursday Morris Aronson
Friday Samuel Rosen Minia Hochman Anne Rothstein
Early Voting is open until October 30th & Election Day is November 3rd!
From Our Rabbi: A Teaching
Last week, we read the story of Noah’s ark. The ark was a pretty tight space, but as simple as it was, it was strong and sturdy. The ark protected the human beings and animals from the unsteady, rocky waters that filled the land. In the USA, we are living in rocky, uncertain times. We don’t have an ark, per se, but we do have something else that is strong and sturdy. Democracy. The ideal set out in our Constitution which starts with ‘We the People’. Our ability to vote, to choose our governing rulers, remains the strongest metaphoric ark we have. The voting booth may be a small simple space, but it is our protection against the floods of injustice, despotism and powerlessness. As Jews, we are told not to wait for the Messiah to bring about change. We are to actively create the world of righteousness and compassion that we, and God, desires.
So…please vote. Early voting is still open in Massachusetts. Ballot boxes and the town halls are open and safe. Their covid protections are good and in place. If you need help posting your ballot, please call the synagogue office at 617-332-7770. Call your friends and encourage them to vote.
