This Coming Shabbat

Throughout the month of Elul, I will be offering short prompts for those who want to engage in journaling, meditation, or other ways of delving deep in anticipation of the High Holidays. Credit goes to my mother, Merle Feld, whose full set of prompts you can find on her website, Derekh.org/elul2024. For this week, we focus on Tikkun Olam. Some of you are just starting to experience yourselves as activists, fired up by injustice, while others have perhaps been on the ramparts all along, heartbroken now to see the efforts of decades go up in smoke before our very eyes. And then everyone in between. What we all have in common, regardless of our stage of life and activism, is a need to sometimes rest, replenish our  resources. How? Where do you find your sources of strength and renewal? How do you protect yourself from burnout in a world on fire? Make a list. Add to your list. Post your list somewhere in the house where you can easily see it, every day.

We encourage you to sponsor a kiddush to mark a simcha, celebrate a birthday, anniversary, commemorate a yahrzeit, honor an individual's accomplishment, or just to enhance our Shabbat. Since not every kiddush is sponsored, we hope you will consider a contribution to the kiddush fund so we can provide a kiddush every week. All sponsors are much appreciated and will be acknowledged.

We have streamlined this process to make it easier than ever--
come see our new kiddush sponsorship page on the website!