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Mourning for Meron

Friday, April 30, 2021 - 10:58 AM

MOURNING FOR MERON

Yesterday afternoon I took a minute and watched the livestream of the dancing in Meron, Israel and the tremendous celebrations of Lag Baomer. My heart was filled with joy as once again we could see the beautiful sight of tens of thousands of people dancing with joy and celebrating this beautiful day.

Each year as we celebrate Lag Baomer in Sudbury or wherever we are, we take a few minutes and watch the joyous dancing of hundreds of thousands of our brethren in Israel and feel connected with our people and traditions of thousands of years. A couple of years ago, Shayna managed to go to Meron for the night of Lag Baomer and see first hand what this is like.

At close to 6:30pm I saw the first news flashes of wha… Read More »

The tremendous responsibility of Parenting

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 11:22 AM

A few days ago, I went to do afternoon car pool to pick up my children from school (as I usually do the only the morning run). I peaked in to my four year old daughter’s class and she somehow saw me even though there was a closet blocking her vision of where I was standing. The teacher was in the middle of reading the children a story in the last few minutes of the day, but upon seeing me, my daughter jumped up and made a mad dash to my arms and gave me a huge smile from behind her mask. My daughter was so excited to see me that she could hardly talk from excitement and joy and her eyes welled up with tears of happiness.

It was a powerful moment and one that I won’t forget so fast. I pray and hope that even if the form of the l… Read More »

The Broken Pillow & One Tweet Too Many...

Friday, April 16, 2021 - 10:21 AM

A fellow once realized that he had been spending too much time gossiping in the market about his friends and community members, and decided to go and have a chat with the Rabbi. He then proceeded to tell the Rabbi that he felt really bad and wanted to make amends for all of the juicy tidbits of gossip which he had been sharing with others and asked the Rabbi for some advice.

The Rabbi told him that he would help him, but first he would have to go and bring him a feather pillow. He was a little baffled as to the purpose of the pillow but he quickly ran and procured a feather pillow and returned to the Rabbi. The Rabbi then told him, "now I want you to go to the market and cut open the pillow in the wind and let the feathers fly… Read More »

Passover Recap & Pictures

Friday, April 9, 2021 - 8:00 PM

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the beautiful services over the Passover Holiday.

The positive vibe and joy of Passover and Spring is in the air and with it the hope that the worst is behind us and things are only getting better as we go forward.

Before Passover we held a fun Hebrew School Pre Passover event which was followed by an outdoor Model Matzah Bakery which was held in the beautiful weather in the field behind Chabad.

A huge thank you to all of our volunteers who helped pack and deliver Passover packages to hundreds of people and to all the sponsors and volunteers who helped deliver the Passover Dinners from the Passover Seder Project to sixty people in the greater Sudbury area. Thank you Dushez caterers for the great … Read More »