Hanukka Reminders and Rabbi Elliott's Hanukka Thoughs
12/18/2014 07:51:34 PM
Dec18
The following was in today's New Jersey Jewish News and the Montclair Times:
Hanukkah always comes at the darkest time of the year. We light the first light, with the nights still very long. Hanukkah teaches us to courageously step into darkness, with faith that this is often the most direct path to light.
As a rabbi I have learned the power of just sitting with someone who is suffering in a dark place. Nonetheless I also know that moment of hesitancy that delays my resolve to call or go to visit someone in pain. The truth is such moments require so little. They are 80 percent showing up and listening, 15 percent knowing to be quiet and refrain from saying anything untrue and, at most, 5 percent wisdom or advice.
I leave such moments with more hope than I entered — enlightened. So I push myself to step into the darkness. ...... Continue reading in NJJN or Continue reading in the Montclair Times
Tomorrow Night
LatkaPalooza! and KugelFest!
December 19, 2014 - Starting at 6PM
Calling all Kugel Cooks!!!! You can win the grand prize. Enter now!
6:00 pm: First seating and kid activity
6:25 pm: Food away, Chanukah/Erev Shabbat service (w/kids), Songs, Candle lighting
7:00 pm: Second latke seating, BYOB Adult area - Including Vodka & Latkes (a Vodka tasting experience), AND Israeli Dancing
If you are willing to join the clean-up crew (hint, hint), come early and/or stay late. No reservations needed, just come!!
Bring your family menorah to light for our communal menorah lighting
and on Saturday Evening ....
December 20, 2014 • 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
@ the Hinck Building atrium, right outside the Bow Tie Clairidge theater at 486 Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair
another ...Hanukkah Spot: A Pop-Up Miracle!
Thu, May 1 2025 3 Iyar 5785