Musical Monday - Cantor Kerith Spencer-Shapiro
Elohai N’tzor O, Holy One of Blessing, allow me to only speak good. Allow the world to be a place where goodness thrives. Click here Cantor Shapiro's video of Elohai N'tzor by Danny Maseng.
Teachable Tuesday - Ellie Laycook, Religious School Director
We so often feel as if no one is listening to us and what we say doesn't matter. We can be discouraged because the words we speak seem to go nowhere. But what we may not consider in the everyday chaos of raising children is this: Are my words being delivered in a teachable moment?
In the same way that headphones shut out noise, doors keep others out, and walls divide and distance, a stressful and chaotic situation makes for a context that rarely allows a parent to be heard. Unfortunately, yelling or speaking louder doesn't make us more accessible, but rather, less so.
Instead, we find the most effective, heart warming, surprisingly engaging times of instruction with our kids is often when we don't plan to do so at all. Teachable moments make a difference and can appear at the perfect, and sometimes, the most inopportune times. Either way, you must look for the opportunities and have enough margin in your life to take advantage of teachable moments.
Wisdom Wednesday - Rabbi Morley Feinstein, Emeritus
May and June are busy times for our family. From Mother’s Day to Father’s Day we have 5 birthdays and an anniversary over 4 generations. This year we can’t gather as a family to celebrate together, and so the usual trappings have had to succumb to distancing and zoom.
However we learn that life goes on. We still show our gratitude for all we are and all we have. We are thankful that, despite the fear of Covid-19, we are healthy and safe. Shehechiyanu: Thank You God for keeping us alive, sustaining us, and bringing us to these unique moments in time.
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