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We Keep Going On
(excerpted from Rabbi Pollack’s Rosh Hashanah Morning Sermon) On this Rosh Hashanah we began with a blessing of thanksgiving, the Shehecheyanu, – shehecheyanu vkiy’manu v’higianu lazman hazeh. We recite these…
Read More »Today the World was Born
Dear Friends, How do we prepare in advance for the High Holidays? I have several books that I turn to and re-read again and again over the years. Those include…
Read More »Kabbalat Panim – A blessing on gathering after a long time apart
Jewish life and Jewish living is about continuing to expand our radical amazement of the universe and keep opening us to the Source of Creation. To that end, to keep…
Read More »Leaving the Cave Behind
As we are starting to move out of the many long months of lockdown in Ontario, as so many have been vaccinated and the Covid numbers are trending downward, places…
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