Tonight is the launch of Living Room Shabbat! Can you tell that I am excited? As the name suggests, Stampfer chapel has been set up with plush sofas and tables (a hint to the wise--if you want a couch, come early). We’ll make kiddush together at the beginning of the service, and then people will be free to enjoy light snacks or a beverage during the service. Let me also invite you to wear comfortable and relaxing clothes.
Amy McCready, the author who created the Positive Parenting Solutions resources, suggests that the real reason children misbehave is not out of defiance. To parents, it may seem like opposition for the sake of opposition, but the underlying reason, according to McCready, is about the need for belonging and significance.
Have you ever been falsely accused of some action or belief of which you are innocent? Has your reputation been besmirched for someone else’s benefit? Or perhaps you were leading people in an important direction that frightened those who were meant to follow--and so they attacked you to derail your efforts?
Recording from Shabbat Services, June 15-16, 2018 - Rabbi Eve Posen and Rabbi David Kosak
Frozen’s Elsa makes it sound easy, but it’s hard to “let it go.” There will always be interactions with other people that leave you upset, confused, or emotionally beat down. When it feels like I’ve been wronged, I can hold a grudge like the best of them, and I don’t always have the easiest time moving on.
Recording from Shabbat Services, June 8-9, 2018 D’var from Friday, June 8, 2018 – Rabbi David Kosak D’var from Saturday, June 9, 2018 *If you would like to download the recording and listen later, right click on the link then click “Save as” and it will save onto your computer for later listening. Recorded and edited by Ed Kraus. Click here for an archive of past recordings
It’s on exactly one antique globe from the year 1510. Hic sunt dracones. Here there are dragons! Anyone who’s ever been fascinated by antiquarian paper maps may have also run across many sorts of magical beasts that adorned unexplored regions of the world. That uncertainty plays on our imagination and fears. We are both captivated and horrified at the prospect that we share this world with fearsome beasts larger and more powerful than ourselves.
