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What’s The Hardest Mitzvah? Rabbi Bonnie Koppell Temple Chai, September 2021 What is the hardest mitzvah for you?  Is it not eating shrimp or bacon?  Is it remembering to light shabbat [...]

What I’ve Learned in 40 Years as a Rabbi Rabbi Bonnie Koppell Kol Nidre, Temple Chai, 2021 I am going to name 10 things, and I’d like you to tell me what they all have in common: The number [...]

Tevye Explains It All:  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Judaism Can Be Learned  From “Fiddler on the Roof” Rabbi Bonnier Koppell Erev Rosh HaShanah 2021, Temple Chai, [...]

Taps For Private Jason Daniel Hasenauer/Taps for Afghanistan Rabbi Bonnie Koppell Temple Chai, August 2021   At Kabbalat Shabbat we reflect on the week that is drawing to a close.  My week [...]

Healing and Peace Rabbi Bonnie Koppell   Tonight we come together to pray for healing for our beloved community.  We have been through an incredibly challenging time in the history of our [...]

“I’m Begging You”- Vaetchanan Rabbi Bonnie Koppell   The name of this week’s Torah portion is “Vaetchanan.”  The word can be translated as- “I begged, I pleaded, I [...]

Anger is One Letter Short of Danger- a perspective on Matot/Masey Rabbi Bonnie Koppell There is a lot of anger in this week’s Torah portion.  Beginning with verbal commitments made by women which [...]

Shabbat Nachamu Now! Rabbi Bonnie Koppell   Shabbat Nachamu, the Shabbat of Comfort.  It’s an actual date ON the Jewish calendar.  It occurs every summer, in the 7 weeks of comfort and [...]

Korach, The National Week of Conversation, Antisemitism, and Us Rabbi Bonnie Koppell   This week’s parsha is named for Korach, who, in my humble opinion is one of the people in the Torah who [...]

Parashat Shemini: Do You Need to Apologize? Be Sure to Listen First JCC Association | April 8, 2021 1 By Rabbi Bonnie Koppell How hard, or easy, is it for you to say, “I was wrong, I apologize, [...]