Events and Services
Upcoming Events
12/5, 9:30am- Rabbi in Residence with Rabbi Adam Greenwald
12/8, 7:00pm - Book Club
Services
Morning Minyan Mondays and Thursdays at 7:00am via Zoom
at 9:30am with Rabbi Lebovitz
Prayer Book
Outline for Shabbat Prayer at Home
Siddur Pages for Shabbat Morning
Siddur Pages for Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat
The Sim Shalom Siddur travel size is available to purchase for your home service participation. $15 per book through this website
Zoom links and password are available in the weekly Adat Shalom eBlasts, or contact the Adat Shalom office.
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Rabbi's Corner
Thought Provoking Conversations
Ep. 21, Chaplain Captain Rabbi David Becker
Ep. 18, Dan Messinger & Nir Weinblut
Highlighted Sermons
"Kislev: A Month of Jewish Heroism" - Rabbi Lebovitz, November 20, 2020
"On My Own" - Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz, Yom Kippur Morning Sermon, September 28, 2020
Previously recorded sermons are available on our YouTube Channel by clicking here.
Shabbat Experience
Commentary on the Parshat
This week, Parshat VaYetzei juxtaposes the well-known Jacob's Ladder dream against the image of Thanksgiving. Jacob's Ladder is a vertical concept connecting Heaven and Earth, while the Thanksgiving meal is a horizontal image bringing together friends and family around a table. For years, the vertical and horizontal analogy has existed for connections. This year, I think there is a third diagonal option. One that exists through Zoom, or virtual connections. Most of us are currently living through a time when we interact more and more through a device. It's neither horizontal or vertical. While it's not what we ever imagined that we wanted, I think that Jacob expresses it well this week when he says, "How awesome is this!" (Gen. 28:17) This week the Torah encourages us to be open to meaningful encounters and relationship, even in situations we did not expect. I'd argue that VaYetzei and Thanksgiving both express maintaining an openness to others no matter how the relationship presents itself. So, no matter how we celebrate this year, whether it be in person or on Zoom, enjoy the awesomeness of it all.
Happy Thanksgiving & Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz
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"We are in a period of Kehilla V'Shmirah -- we are a community that protects ourselves and one another. We are a community whether we're standing together in the sanctuary or not. We are a strong, welcoming community. We always will be."
- Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz
To learn more about Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz, please click here.
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