by Mordecai Miller | Mar 24, 2024 | Rabbi’s Remarks
“In Every Generation They Tried to destroy us. God saved us” “Let’s eat!” This formula certainly applies to the two approaching holidays of Purim and Pesach. Interesting to note that the former comes at the end of the holiday cycle and the second, at the...
by Mordecai Miller | Jan 9, 2024 | Rabbi’s Remarks
If our TaNaCh (Bible) represents the dawn of the human record, human conflict takes place by the first generation. We read about how Cain’s jealousy leads him to murder his brother Abel. There is little doubt that Cain feels totally justified in this treacherous act....
by Mordecai Miller | Oct 9, 2023 | Rabbi’s Remarks
How tragic, that last Shabbat, Shemini Atzeret, a Holy Day that is termed “the season of our joy,” we were awakened to learn the shocking news of a major terrorist attack. Hamas, the terrorist organization controlling Gaza, had breached the security fence, and...
by Mordecai Miller | Jul 28, 2023 | Rabbi’s Remarks
I’ve decided to read from the novel “Queen Maker” by India Edghill in the place of the “Children’s Story.” It’s a novel based on the Biblical character of Michal, daughter of Saul. One review of the book reads: “Bold yet precise, this novel weaves new threads of...
by Mordecai Miller | Apr 18, 2023 | Rabbi’s Remarks
Having lived in the land-locked Midwest most of my life, I couldn’t help but be charmed by all the natural beauty that is California’s. We could sing a “dayenu” for the Pacific Ocean alone: its sheer grandeur, its changing moods, the incredible variety of marine life...
by Mordecai Miller | Apr 5, 2023 | Rabbi’s Remarks
Dear Friend, On this eve of our annual celebration of this great Passover festival, I want to wish you and your family much joy and blessing. We are about to contemplate God’s miracle in rescuing our ancestors from their slavery to Pharaoh in the land of Egypt around...