Rabbi Norman Cohen teaches, “Purim’s masks may seem to conceal, if just for a moment, the chaos and pain of our present lives and enable us to escape this reality, but they may really offer us the chance to don serious masks of conscious determination to bring the light of the Divine into our world.”
Purim offers us a new perspective on this essential epidemiological tool that has shaped our past year. The good Queen Esther is a master of masking. We learn from the Megillah text that she hides her true self from the King and his court. Her name even contains the root meaning to hide. Queen Esther shows us how masking can protect and also how it can be a tool to repair the world. Masks can help us find the courage to take action even in hard times. Even as they conceal, masks reveal inner truths and hidden strength.
We are inspired to ask ourselves this Purim, what masks do we wear? What do they conceal and what do they reveal? How can our masking bring the light of the Divine into the world?
Chag Purim Sameach! Sarah Join us tonight for a Broadway-inspired Shabbat service, along with the classic TBE Purim fun, as we read the Megillah and sing Purim songs. We will be in costume and look forward to seeing yours!
Louis Brown H. Jack Feibelman Anna Cohen Haberman Herman Haberman Lawrence Hoffman Donald Jaffa Farrel A. Jaffa Jean Moverman Jaffa Sloan Myles Jaffa Sandra Kamanu Ruth Kaplan Alvin Kurzer Bernard Levine
Joan Adler Mark Sheila G. Miller Alvin W. Pansey Eileen Parker Sherry Royall Lenore Rakatansky Faye Rozovsky Irene Shaffer Edith Berger Sinel Harold Slosberg Stanley Smith Florence Tilles Edmund Waldman
YIZKOR ELOHIM The Congregation joins in mourning the death of Beverly G. Satloff Badanna R. Hurowitz Stephen Sofro Donald Horowitz Lynn L. Serper Dr. Henry Gewirtz Philip Matthews
Shabbat Morning Service
Saturdays March 13th April 10th 9:00 AM
We are excited to be returning to our roots with monthly Shabbat morning service incorporating study, Torah, and Haftarah readings.
If you’re interested in participating with a reading in Hebrew or English contact Kit Haspel (katherinehaspel@gmail.com).
We will be using Mishkan Tefilah for Shabbat and Festivals for our siddur (prayerbook) and will share a digital link during the service. If you would like to borrow a hard copy, you are welcome to pick one up at the Temple office during our regular business hours. Please call and let us know when you will be coming, to insure everyone’s safety.
