It’s No Laughing Matter
by Rabbi Nussbaum VOLUME 96 NUMBER 8July 10, 2020Tamuz 18, 5780PARSHAS PINCHAS Candlelighting Time 8:12 PM There’s an old Yiddish adage that states a person plans and Hashem laughs. It’s
What are we doing here?
OUR COMMUNITY Ages: 15% Generation Z 25% Millennials 23% Gen X 30% Baby Boomers 7% Greatest Generation Geography – our constituents come from: Hilltop/Lowry/Washington-Virginia Village Sloan’s Lake, Downtown, Highlands Wash
Is Bigger Better?
by Rabbi Nussbaum VOLUME 96 NUMBER 7July 3, 2020Tamuz 11, 5780PARSHAS CHUKAS-BALAK Candlelighting Time 8:13 PM The dialogue between Bilaam and Hashem is somewhat puzzling. Initially when Balak sent messengers
Isn’t it Priceless?
by Rabbi Nussbaum VOLUME 96 NUMBER 6June 26, 2020Tamuz 4, 5780PARSHAS KORACH Candlelighting Time 9:35 PM The tribe of Levi replaced the people in their service in the Beis Hamikdash.
Well Deserved
by Rabbi Nussbaum VOLUME 96 NUMBER 5June 19, 2020Sivan 27, 5780PARSHAS SHELACH Candlelighting Time 8:13 PM The parsha of the spies that were sent to Eretz Yisroel is complex, very
The Jewish Garden
“וינחהו בגן־עדן לעבדה ולשמרה…and G-d placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and tend it.” — Genesis 2:15 It is the start of summer – for many
Viewing the Future Through the Past
by Rabbi Nussbaum VOLUME 96 NUMBER 4June 12, 2020Sivan 20, 5780PARSHAS BEHA’ALOSCHA Candlelighting Time 8:11 PM A crisis occurs in the nation. The people are demanding meat and the situation
The Continuum
by Rabbi Nussbaum VOLUME 96 NUMBER 10June 5, 2020Sivan 13, 5780PARSHAS NASSO Candlelighting Time 8:06 PM Last week we enjoyed a wonderful encounter with Hashem as we endeavored to delve
The Struggle
by Rabbi Nussbaum VOLUME 96 NUMBER 9May 28, 2020Sivan 5, 5780SHAVUOS EDITION Candlelighting Time 8:01 PM Of course, Shavuos is a time when we focus and spend an inordinate amount
On the Precipice
by Rabbi Nussbaum VOLUME 96 NUMBER 8May 22, 2020Iyar 28, 5780PARSHAS BAMIDBAR Candlelighting Time 7:56 PM We are on the final lap. This coming week precedes the exciting and profound
What to do…
Bored? Tired of doing the same ol’ thing? Well, here are some fun activities that you can do alone, with friends, or with family. Trivia:Jewish Humor QuizIsraeli Trivia and MoreFun
Thrice
by Rabbi Nussbaum VOLUME 95 NUMBER 7May 15, 2020Iyar 21, 5780PARSHAS BEHAR-BECHUKOSAI Candlelighting Time 7:49 PM Hashem guarantees that we will merit many blessings if we ‘walk in the statutes