May Our Glory Shine Together Video of Rabbi David Aladjem’s Yom Kippur Sermon https://youtu.be/RZuJYh-Ys1o Holy Friends: G’mar chatima tova – may each of you, all of our friends and family, and all the world be sealed in the Book of Life for a good and sweet year. I. On Rosh Hashanah, I talked about […]
Lessons Squeezed From Lemons: What Life Can Teach Us in Challenging Times Rabbi Greg Wolfe’s Yom Kippur Sermon https://youtu.be/mou1_sGSw_w A beautiful lemon tree stands in our yard. Quiet and unassuming, this little tree produces more lemons that we could ever use, or even give away. The great irony, however, is that our lemons ripen in […]
The Shofar’s Cries to Arise: Breaking Our Hearts on the Way to Wholeness Rabbi Greg Wolfe’s Rosh Hashannah Sermon https://youtu.be/8Hel-cyi20Y Even in today’s modern world, fires can ravage entire communities, well we know, leaving lives uprooted in the wake of terrible destruction. So you can only imagine, long ago and far away, in the days […]
Sermon for Rosh HaShanah – 5781/2020, Teshuvah and the Small Still Voice Rabbi David Aladjem’s Rosh Hashannah Sermon https://youtu.be/WACBIWSjEtU Holy Friends: Shanah tova u’mitukah – may this be a good and sweet new year for us and for all the world! I. To state the obvious, when we gathered together last year at this […]
As we approach the time of our elections, the Davis community is coming together to support our cherished institution of free and fair democratic elections where every vote counts. Please see the letter from the Davis Area Interfaith Religious Leaders Network here. We are inviting everyone to color in this flyer and post it in […]
The Elections are coming and never before has more been at stake. Never before has such anxiety and uncertainty swirled around our national elections. Never before have we needed each other to be in solidarity together to ensure that every voice is heard and every vote counted. I have been meeting weekly over the last few […]
Dear Haverim, When I was a young boy, I dreamed of becoming a veterinarian and coming to UC Davis to study. Well, life can be funny that way. I really did end up coming to Davis, not to study though, but to serve. When I arrived in Davis 25 years ago with Julie, and our […]
L’shanah Tovah, to everyone! Every year in the Fall, our community comes together to observe the sacred Days of Awe, a time of renewal, reflection and recommitment. The High Holy Days are always a tremendous communal effort, requiring so many wonderful individuals in our congregation to join forces to create these special experiences that make […]
There is nothing virtual about it (really!) Dear Haverim, We are excited to share with you a whole host of inspiring experiences that we are offering this year as a part of our High Holy Day observances. But more than anything, we want to work with you to create and share that wonderful sense of […]
Each morning during the month of Elul we are supposed to wake ourselves up spiritually in preparation for the New Year by listening to the sound of the shofar blasts. Click here every morning for your daily opportunity to hear the shofar and to read a different meditation for each day of the month to […]
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