Friday, September9, 13 Elul, 6:00 PM Please join Ellen Allard for a HYBRID "From Our Home to Yours" Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday, September 10, 14 Elul, 9:30 AM Please join Rabbi Marcia Plumb and Cantor Lorel Zar-Kessler for a HYBRID "From our Home to Yours" Shabbat morning Service
Please join us in welcoming Cantor Lorel Zar-Kessler to our community.
If you have a simcha, please share it with us and receive a special blessing from Rabbi Plumb during an upcoming Shabbat service. Sponsor a Kiddush by virtually inviting us to your home as you lead the community in KIddush and HaMotzi prayers. (we will provide challah and grape juice!) Please contect Rosalie Reszelbach, Janet Stein Calm or Toni Spitzer to arrange.
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
Yizkor Memorial Book forms need to be returned to us by September 9
Registration and additional ticket forms need to be returned to us bySeptember 12. (All in-person attendees must register)
Please note that tickets will be mailed (after September 12) to all members in good standing. If you have not yet returned your Dues Commitment Form, please do so as soon as possible. Contact Toni with any concerns or questions.
We Remember: This week's upcoming Yahrzeit Observances
Saturday Abraham Greenberg
Sunday Dale Stahler Etta Roblin Maurice Kagan
Monday Samuel Kaitz
Tuesday Selma Cooperband David Kamowitz
Wednesday Milton H. Gordon Frank Schwartz Sidney Hark
Thursday Harry Heyman Irving W. Boyer
Friday Esta R. Silberberg
A Teaching from Our Rabbi
‘A king shall keep the Torah by his side, at all times, and he shall read it regularly so that he shall be a wise ruler.’ (Torah)
Regardless of one’s belief in, or allegiance to, the British monarchy, all would agree that the world has lost a unique leader, who served her country during the longest reign of any. She lived her entire life in service of others, dedicated to her people and her country above all. She did not serve out of a desire for power or wealth, although she had both. She would have happily lived her life without it.
She did not choose to rule—in fact neither she nor her father wanted it. But when it was thrust upon her, she accepted it with grace and the determination to do her best for her people and its institutions.
She was not perfect—she had her quirks and failings, as all human beings do. She made mistakes, some of them tragic. But she worked every day to overcome her uncertainties, and to face the challenges of steering a country while raising an historic family. She led by balancing the need to adapt to new realities with safeguarding the past. She held the memories and history of her country. When a country forgets its past, especially its mistakes, and refuses to acknowledge them, it is doomed to lose its way. Queen Elizabeth served as the chalice that held the overflowing glories and errors of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. She carried the beauty and the bitterness within her at all times. By her very presence, and her strength of character, mind and spirit, she reminded all her Prime Ministers and Parliaments of their duty to serve rather than take; to think more of others than themselves.
I was lucky enough to meet her and witness her dignity personally. Her faith and her mission guided her at all times. Her wisdom, steadiness, sense of duty, and her love of her people and country will be greatly missed. She will be continue to be a role model for me, my family, and, I hope, for the world. She is finally at peace. May her memory be a blessing.
Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Marcia Plumb
Congregation Mishkan Tefila 384 Harvard St. Brookline, MA 02446
