Rabbi's Weekly Message
Haman without TikTok!
March 22, 2024
Earlier this week I took Zeesy and Chana Laya for an eye checkup with Dr. Julia Dunnavant of Gallatin Valley Vision. Julia is a member of our Jewish community, an amazing optometrist, who knows how to deal with spirited kids like Chana Laya and get them to follow instructions. While sitting there, it dawned upon me that eyesight, and vision, seeing past the present moment, is so important. When Alexander the Great asked the sages of Israel: Who is truly worthy of being called wise? They said to him, citing Jewish tradition, “Who is the wise person? The one who sees into the future”; being able to look down the road.
Chavie's Blog
Life at war!
December 1, 2023
I don’t have the words to explain how it feels to be living through the last six weeks. Honestly, we are all living through it, so you don’t need my words to address your lived experience. Throughout these last few weeks, I was having this feeling like “I wish I had something to say”, “I wish I can put some of my feelings into words”, “I wish I had the talent to write something beautiful and inspiring to comfort and uplift my followers, friends, and community”. Somewhere deep down I knew that the time would come that I would have something to share, and all the while I found so much comfort in reading and sharing the beautiful thoughts and posts from others.