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letter from rabbi josie
Wow, my heart is still full from the past two weeks of time together in community, filling the space with song and prayer as we brought in the new year of 5787 together. I am so grateful to have shared these Days of Awe with you, and I want to take the time to say thank you, your presence helps shape Nahalat Shalom into the vibrant community that it is.
If you would like to revisit any of my sermons from this year, or share them with folks who missed them, you can find them below.
RH MORNING: MAKING A PRACTICE OF HOLINESS
KOL NIDRE: WE WILL DO AND WE WILL HEAR
I’d love to hear what stuck with you from this high holiday season, if you would like to find time to meet one-on-one, to talk about the high holidays or anything else on your mind, please reach out to me at rabbijosie@nahalatshalom.org.
These Days of Awe were made possible by this community, in every sense. If you've already made a High Holiday gift this year, thank you. It's a big part of how we pay for the High Holidays, and for everything else we do here the rest of the year. If you haven't yet given, I hope you'll contribute a gift of any size now. And if you're not yet a member of Nahalat Shalom, I'd love to invite you in. Membership is how this community sustains itself and how you help shape what we become together. I'm always happy to talk with you about what that could look like.
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to fulfill one of my favorite mitzvot - divine instructions - of the year, building the sukkah alongside Nahalat Shalom members. Sukkot is a holiday of rejoicing, known by the ancient rabbis as zman simchateinu - the season of our joy.
After we finish the heavy heart and mind work of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, our tradition sends us back out into the physical world, building a temporary structure for us to dwell in where we are amidst the elements of the natural world.
We’ve built a gorgeous Sukkah at Nahalat Shalom, in the back of the building by the playground. I hope you will take the time to come and dwell in its beauty over the next week.
I will be leading shabbat morning services tomorrow morning in the sukkah and I would love to see you there.
Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sukkot Sameach!
Rabbi Josie