Rabbi's Week in Review Blog

I always like this time of year; the quick transition from Yom Kippur to Sukkot.  Well… I should say I like getting to Sukkot after a somewhat grueling yet important Yom Kippur observance. (Keeping energy in the transition, building our Sukkah, and prepping for all that is to come is its own challenge.)

I have commented on more than one occasion how I like the idea that, after making commitments to ourselves to do better in the new year (5786), Sukkot coming five days later immediately gives us the opportunity to make good on those commitments. We carry the message of our Yamim Noraim liturgy-the Days of Awe running from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur, the theme wherein we understand that G-d’s concern for our world is universal, and not limited to us as Jews.

We invite the stranger (figuratively speaking) into our Sukkah.  At Congregation Kol Ami we understand our concern for both anyone who walks in our door (also figuratively speaking), and, our commitment and obligation to support those outside of our Kol Ami world. It is a commitment that will always be at the forefront of our present action and our future vision.

During this Sukkot, our Z’man Simchateinu-the Season of Our Joy, let us with joy in our hearts always expand and strengthen our relationships, our community of care and concern.

Chag Sameach!