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01/29/2016 01:48:27 PM
There is a Midrash, a rabbinic parable, taught on this week's Torah portion, about the place God chose to give the tablets containing the 10 Commandments. It describes, all the mountains assembling before God and pleading their cases as to why they should be the...Read more...
In Memory of Office Noah, z'l.
12/11/2015 11:26:06 AM
Dear Friends,
Yesterday, our Hanukkah lights glowed dimmer as our synagogue community was, once again, touched by the tragic death of a beautiful soul, gone far too young. Noah Aaron Leotta, of blessed memory, was a police officer in our district...Read more...
What You Can Do To Support Israel
11/12/2015 11:27:53 AM
Last summer, a group of us from HTAA travelled to Israel. There, we visited the Western Wall, toured the country, and witnessed how this tiny
Jewish state makes incredible use of the land it possesses. Indeed its people are the most valuable resource that bless Israel. My favorite part of the trip was the Shabbat we spent together in Jerusalem. We had invited lone soldiers, young people serving in...Read more...
Who Wants to Be a Minyanaire?
06/19/2015 11:29:21 AM
Overwhelmed. I am simply overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support from this congregation during an extraordinarily difficult period in my personal life. Never have I been on the receiving end of comfort to a mourner and never have I been more acutely aware of the importance of the mitzvah.
Since the passing of my beloved wife, you as individuals and as a community have been there for Mara and I, as close family would be, in a...Read more...
Value & Values
02/14/2014 01:50:12 PM
In the beginning of this week's Torah portion, we learn about the first census that was taken. Each individual was counted by means of a half shekel. Each member of the community, regardless of status, wealth, background, pedigree or occupation was required to donate a 1/2 shekel to the community pot and thereby be counted.
הֶעָשִׁיר לֹא-יַרְבֶּה, וְהַדַּל לֹא יַמְעִיט,...Read more...
Personal & Communal Responsibility
01/30/2014 01:51:23 PM
This Shabbat, we will read one of the most exciting and well known portions in the entire Torah - the revelation of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai. The text sets the scene by very dramatically describing the thunder and lightning, heavy clouds consuming the mountain, and loud blasts of the shofar that grew louder and louder. It was the crack of dawn and all the people were trembling in awe. Moses led the people out of...Read more...
Personal and Communal Responsibility
01/30/2014 01:10:13 PM
This Shabbat, we will read one of the most exciting and well known portions in the entire Torah - the revelation of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai. The text sets the scene by very dramatically describing the thunder and lightning, heavy clouds consuming the mountain, and loud blasts of the shofar that grew louder and louder. It was the crack of dawn and all the people were trembling in awe. Moses led the people out of...Read more...