Congregation B'nai Israel Blog
Friday, February 17, 2012
Rabbi Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Bob Silvers
Good Shabbes…
This past Sunday was a wonderful day of golf and fun at our Brotherhood 1st annual Golf and Family Fun Day. I showed up in the morning to wish all the ...
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Friday, February 10, 2012
Rabbi Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Bob Silvers
Good Shabbes…
A very wise man I became acquainted with just a few months ago, said something quite memorable to me: “Only the spiritual man evolves.” When I see what goes ...
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Friday, February 3, 2012
Rabbi Bob Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Bob Silvers
Good Shabbes…
As most of you know, this has been a difficult week for our synagogue family. No doubt most, or all of you, have heard about the tragic death of Talia Agler, ...
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Rabbi Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Bob Silvers
Good Shabbes…
With profound sadness I write this message this afternoon…
Just a couple of hours ago I learned of the tragic and untimely death of Talia Agler, daughter of ...
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Friday, January 20, 2012
Rabbi Bob Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Bob Silvers
Good Shabbes…
For those of us who have unfortunately had a stay in the hospital, we know how difficult it can be…the pain, the frustration, the anxiety, the fear, and ...
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Friday, January 13, 2012
Rabbi Bob Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Bob Silvers
Good Shabbes…
Every day that you come in contact with the synagogue…a letter in the mail, the Shelanu, an email, coming into the administration or school offices, or coming ...
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Friday, January 6, 2012
Rabbi Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Bob Silvers
Good Shabbes…
Just like Arnold…I’m baaack!
My Israel trip with the Kalters and Siegals was fabulous - but don’t take my word for it, ask Mo, Tammy, Alex, Abby, Jordan, Max, ...
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Rabbi Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Bob Silvers
Good Shabbes…
I want to share with you this wondrous picture that was sent to me this week by Gary and Vicky Weiner while they were in Asheville, North Carolina. The first ...
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Rabbi Bob Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Bob Silvers
Good Shabbes…
Once again, our congregational family is pained by the loss of a loved one…
On the weekend we had chosen to pay tribute to our pre-school director, Linda ...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
Rabbi Bob Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Bob Silvers
Good Shabbes
No sooner did I finish writing last week’s message to you when something truly amazing and wonderful happened…
At a small Shabbat dinner here at the synagogue ...
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Rabbi Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Silvers
Good Shabbes…
Lethargic.That’s how I’ve been feeling since Thanksgiving. Getting up in the morning, my workouts in the gym…I seem to be dragging. There’s no verve and ...
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Rabbi Bob Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Bob Silvers
Good Shabbes
No sooner did I finish writing last week’s message to you when something truly amazing and wonderful happened…
At a small Shabbat dinner here at the synagogue ...
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Friday, November 25, 2011
Rabbi Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Bob Silvers
Good Shabbes…
My phone rang Wednesday morning at 10:30 am…
“Hello, can you please help me? I’m Roman Catholic and need to know how to keep a kosher home for a ...
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Friday, November 18, 2011
Rabbi Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Silvers
Good Shabbes…
You don’t have to be a sports fan to know what has been going on at Penn State University. It is extremely troubling to hear such accounts of child sexual ...
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Rabbi Bob Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Silvers
Good Shabbes…
It’s been a very sad week for our synagogue community. We’ve lost a beloved member of our family…our Pre-K teacher, Miss Marilyn (Friedman).
The funeral ...
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Rabbi Bob Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Silvers
Good Shabbes,
I can’t tell you how many people responded to my email last week by sharing their nicknames with me. Thank you all. It was as much entertaining as ...
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Rabbi Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Silvers
Good Shabbes…
This past week we experienced the first “cool front” of the season. Temperatures dipped down into the 50s and 60s at night. We enjoyed highs in the low 70s ...
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Rabbi Bob Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Silvers
Good Shabbes,
I’m sure many of us have heard “jokes” about Reform Judaism…I was sent the following by a friend of mine:
A sociology professor once called on one of his ...
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Friday, October 14, 2011
Rabbi Bob Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Silvers
Good Shabbes, Good Yontif,
This has been an exhausting and challenging week for me and my wife, as no doubt, many or most of you are aware. With my father-in-law’s death ...
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Rabbi Bob Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Silvers
Good Shabbes…
I’m sick. Yes, I’m sick. All last year, never once did I get sick…at least not until June. Now having just fully recovered from that bout with a sore throat ...
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Rabbi Silvers' Shabbat Message 9/16/11
Posted By: Rabbi Silvers
Good Shabbes…
My wife lit her first yahrzeit (memorial) candle this past Monday evening. (Some of you may know my wife, Ava, as she is a teacher in our preschool.) Her ...
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Rabbi Silvers' Shabbat Message September 9, 2011
Posted By: Rabbi Silvers
Good Shabbes…
As Jews we are commanded to take delight in the Sabbath. The word, many of you may recognize, is “Oneg.” As in Oneg Shabbat – literally the “Delight of ...
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Rabbi Silvers' Shabbat Message
Posted By: Rabbi Silvers
Good Shabbes…
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Shabbes Message August 19, 2011
Posted By: Rabbi Silvers
Good Shabbes…
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