October 26, 2024.   Shacharit & Dvar Torah

Shacharit begins at  21:34 until  1:10:35        

(**25:35 to 34:42    a section on Barchu and Isaiah, with Bibliodrama) 

(** 49:25 to 57:37  My reasons for the right way to begin the Amidah)

Dvar Torah begins at  1:55:50 until  2:09:24     (Bibliodrama – Eve and Cain)

November 23, 2024.   Torah service & Dvar Torah

Torah service begins at  1:40:00.     (Text: Eliezer gets Rivka for Isaac)

Dvar Torah begins at  2:05:25  until  2:14:44    (Why does Rivka want to leave?)     

Closing song  2:28:20      (We rise!)

December 28, 2024.   Torah service

            Torah service begins (sort of) at 1:23:30  and again at 1:25:00

            Text:  Joseph’s brothers convince Jacob to let Benjamin go to Egypt

            (**1:39:35  First Aliyah – our personal struggles with ageing and control)

            (**2:26:20 to 2:28:30    Thoughts on the Mourners’ Kaddish)

January 18, 2025.   Torah service

            Torah service begins at 1:12:00 socially, and at 1:17:25 liturgically.   Text: Egypt, we meet Moses, he gets the call from God

            (** 1:29:24     First Aliya – Moses, doubts, failure and Bar(t) Mitzvah kids)

            Followed by an aliya looking at death, blood and redemption, and a final aliyah looking at political leadership and hope.

Feb 1, 2025.   Torah service & Dvar Torah

            Torah service begins at 1:26:40.          Text: 9 plagues down, we prepare for the big Number Ten

            (** 1:48:25  Second Aliya – the mixed messaging of matzah)

Feb 22, 2025.   Shacharit   (for Jane Heyman’s adult bat mitzvah  -  note: Jane is a pillar of the local theatre scene)

            Shacharit begins at 24:10.  Some greeting time.  Then resumes at 26:35

            (** 30:45 to 37:30    A vision of heaven.  Based on a joke once told to me by Jane’s husband)

            (** 39:00 to 47:20    The Fringe Festival of our lives.  Sh’ma)

April 12, 2025.   Shacharit & Torah Service

            Shacharit begins at 24:00.  Our first service in our temporary home inside a local church.

            Pesach begins tonight, so the service takes a break (explained at 38:30) to step outside and eat (41:50 until 51:20) and the Sim Shalom prayer (at 1:15:20) includes a pre-Seder look at the Four Children as the Israel/Gaza war continues.

            Torah Service begins at 1:23:30.   The first Aliyah (1:28:45) I discuss the divergent stories concerning matzah.  Second Aliyah is for fabric artists.

            Dvar Torah begins at 1:54:40.    Technology. Clothing. Public space. Identity.

August 16, 2025.   Torah service & Dvar Torah   (during Israel/Gaza war)

            1:04:20   The back story on our Ner Tamid

            1:06:08   Torah service begins.  Text: Parashat Eikev.

            First aliya (1:12:53) is on Jewishness as a spiritual path. 

            **Second Aliya (1:23:30) is on Jewishness as a path of social struggle.

            Third Aliya (1:32:45) is for healing.

            Dvar Torah starts at 1:39:45.  First, a look at some familiar quotes from Eikev.  

            **Then (1:46:00) a look at some chilling, xenophobic quotes from Eikev and some Zionist goals

September 20, 2025.   Torah service & Dvar Torah

            Torah service begins at 1:09:45 but commentary starts at 1:13:15. Some personal thoughts about history (mine and Moses) & discouragement. First aliya (1:15:50) – for those facing something new.   Second aliya (1:25:40) – for those who take to the streets for social change (with an invitation to join me today).  Third Aliya (1:33:45) is for healing

            **Dvar Torah (1:40:30 to 2:05:30).  A look at translations from Hebrew. Several unclear texts. Leading to thoughts about the Israeli war on Gaza.

October 11, 2025.   Shacharit   for Sukkot

            Shacharit begins at 5:00.    7:40 - An examination of “barchu”.

            ** 12:45 to 16:50 - a look at The Four Fringes / The Four Species and the divisions/unity of our community this past year.

            34:10 to 39:15 -  a look at Yaleh V’Yavoh and the role of Memory