This Shabbat is the last Shabbat of the Jewish year.
Some get nostalgic, others relieved yet others wistful. After all, the last of anything represents time gone-by.
Time flows. Each moment indistinguishable from the next. Sort of like a clear liquid each drop identical to the other.
It is up to each of us to seize the moment — personalize and shape the contours and shades of time.
Time is opportunity. Time is potential. Time is G-d given. Time is a gift!
Ultimately, time isn’t indistinguishable one moment from the other — for we get to define it. We must not allow time to define us. We create the distinction. Each moment is “so” different from the next. Laden with potential and purpose!
Each of us has a unique mission in the world. It is near to us yet not immediately clear to us. It involves thought, speech and most of all action. We live in a world of “deed”. Actions as prescribed in the Torah by no less than the “creator of time” -- is what distinguishes one moment from the other and leaves our distinct fingerprint.
Achieving our mission begins with internalizing and accepting that we are here for a purpose and our effect in this world can only be achieved by us —no one else can do it.
When 5785 concludes we are renewed with further purpose and potential as time spirals upwards defined by us -- in an effort to make this physical world a vessel to reflect the transcendent purpose of life!
With best wishes for a Shabbat Shalom & warm wishes for a Shana Tova,
Rabbi Yehuda & Dina Kantor
Baking challah with 220+ woman a few days before the Jewish New Year is special beyond words! Thank you @sivanskitchen for such a beautiful night! It was unforgettable.
Shana Tova • May the blessings and sweetness flow into your homes!
Thank you for setting up the room so beautifully ❤️
Melissa Rutstein, Nogah, Rachel Dymond, Kim Stern, Carly Ridloff, Vanessa Citak
And a big Thank you to our table captains!
Lauren Kaplan, Julie Weiss, Melissa Rutstein, Chelsea Elkind, Marissa Saporta, Celia Offir, Jamie Beyda, Melissa Shein, Sarah Lipsker, Nogah, Jodi Gordon, Leslie Wolf Steiger, Danielle Shemmesh, Dori Bomback
We could have not done it without you all!!!!!
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