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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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