Chag Sameach -- Happy Hanukkah! This Shabbat is the last night of our Festival of Lights. I invite you to bring your Hanukkah Menorahs to the synagogue for a wonderful celebration.
Chag Sameach -- Happy Hanukkah! This Shabbat is the last night of our Festival of Lights. I invite you to bring your Hanukkah Menorahs to the synagogue for a wonderful celebration. Dave Lewy will be leading us in a Hanukkah Song Fest of all your favorites. (If you ask, he might even play the Adam Sandler song at the Oneg.) We have dreidles and gelt for everyone.
The most significant theme of Hanukkah is that of religious freedom. Distinct from religious tolerance (which suggests an aura of anathema coupled with an endurance of the distasteful), religious freedom is an idea that links diversity with an air of welcomed pluralism. As we look about our community these next few weeks, we will be witnesses to public expressions of private faith identities. Count among your blessings that we live at a time and in a country which fosters such freedom. It is a precious treasure.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Joseph M. Forman
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