Bylined opinion and news columns published by United Hebrew Congregation Terre Haute.
Our prayer book says that on Shabbat we should pray, rest and attend to the House of Study.
Yes, you can do all these things in the privacy of your home. And, yes, the practice of Judaism includes personal practices.
But…. Judaism also stresses the need to practice our rituals in community. The minyan is evidence of that. Our weekly Shabbat services allow us to gather as a community and pray together.
At our meeting in September, we discussed our Sisterhood directory.
We have not had a new book since 2014-15, so we’re going to publish a new one this year and we want to make sure we have everyone’s correct address and phone number, because we don’t want to leave anyone out.
During Sukkot there is a tradition of welcoming guests or strangers into our sukkah. The tradition comes from the story in Genesis wherein Abraham welcomes guests he doesn’t know.
In our partisan world, what does it mean to welcome the stranger? Welcoming the stranger can mean a radical action such as housing a refugee or a more common action such as welcoming a visitor to our synagogue.
The Temple board has arranged for Ms. Yana Weinstein to serve as UHC soloist for Erev Rosh Hashanah and Kol Nidre. Ms. Weinstein teaches at Indiana State University and lives in Bloomington.
Torah Study will begin with Student Rabbi Kylynn on Saturday, October 21. Kylynn and the board met in August and discussed expanding the popular Saturday Torah studies to include a second class.