Recipes

On Anxiety

July 16, 2022 The Herald of Dawn, Elena Kotliarker This week, I found it was on my mind to write this rather than going with something more traditional about this week’s Torah portion: Anxiety is defined as

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The Axe and a Grove of Trees

June 25, 2022 Story for Friday Night There was a grove of trees by a deep, rushing river. The grove was full of strong, sturdy oaks, richly-colored ever-changing maples, prickly evergreen pines, supple balletic weeping willows, and huge lilac bushes overflowing with soft, beautiful flowers. The grove of trees had…

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Porcupine Warmth

March 19, 2021 Story for Friday Night Loosely based on a scenario by Arthur Schopenhauer Once upon a time in the middle of a very cold and dark winter, there were seven little porcupines whose parents were out and about far away searching for food in the vast snow-covered forest….

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Nightgown Quilts

March 12, 2021 Once in a far-off time and place with no phone, no television, no computer, and no internet, there was a young girl named Lydia who had a very terrible disease that meant she could not walk or even stand up, and she could never never go outside

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Take Heed

March 6, 2021 You may pray for answers I long for the questions whose answers are unknown You may pray for guidance I crave the strength to not need to be shown This is what I ask What I believe I need Courage for the task Take heed You may…

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Purim Celebration

The video below is the second half of the Purimspiel as retold by Shellen Lubin with the following players (in order of speaking): King Achashverosh – Daniel Neiden Chamberlain Charvonah – Shellen Queen Esther – Zija Lubin-West Ghost of Queen Vashti – Katherine Elliot and the congregants joyfully making noise…

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