Shemini: Do You Need to Apologize? Be Sure to Listen First

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, [...]

A year ago when we celebrated Pesach, I don’t think we realized that we were actually ENTERING Egypt, Mitzrayim, the narrow place, the place of confinement.   A year later, we read the Haggadah [...]

Beetle Bailey and Ki Tissa Rabbi Bonnie Koppell   Here are a couple of interesting numbers: 14, 981 17, 896 23, 746 Any idea what they represent?  These are the number of days that each of [...]

It’s a 3-Day Purim! Rabbi Bonnie Koppell It’s still Purim!  Shushan Purim is a thing every year.  Even in the time of Mordecai and Esther, Purim was celebrated on a different day in Shushan [...]

Esther, Vashti, and Women Leaders Rabbi Bonnie Koppell   We can still talk about Purim, right?  Purim may have officially  ended when we lit candles and entered into Shabbat.  However, in [...]

Alex Trebek and Parshat Bo Rabbi Bonnie Koppell   You may have missed a sad, recent event in the news.  Overshadowed by current events, the death of Alex Trebek, long time host of [...]

New Year’s Day 2021- Chazak, Chazak. . . Rabbi Bonnie Koppell   Chazak, chazak, v’nitchazek- that’s what we’ll say at the end of this week’s parsha, and it seems to be a good prayer [...]

Judaism and Christianity:  A Rabbi’s Christmas Sermon Rabbi Bonnie Koppell Temple Chai- Phoenix, Arizona Dec. 25, 2020   It’s impossible to ignore today’s date.  December 25th.  As a [...]

National Day of Listening- Rabbi Bonnie Koppell Did you know that today is a holiday?  And I don’t mean “Black Friday?”  I only recently learned that StoryCorps has informally designated today, [...]

        A member of our community recently shared with me his frustration that he had apologized to someone, “I’m sorry, please forgive me,” and he sensed that [...]