Rabbi’s Blog
Shabbat Inspiration – “Shavuot and God on the Horizontal Axis” by Reb Jamie Hyams
Shabbat Inspiration - “Shavuot and God on the Horizontal Axis” by Reb Jamie Hyams, Rabbinic Student, Congregation P’nai Tikvah, June 3, 2019 Tonight, I want to talk about God…. Not to go all “holy roller” on you but because so many of our interactions are...
Shabbat Inspiration – Acharei Mot by Reb Jamie Hyams
Shabbat Inspiration - Acharei Mot by Reb Jamie Hyams, Rabbinic Student, Congregation P’nai Tikvah, May 3, 2019 Shabbat shalom, It has been quite a couple of weeks…. My head is swirling with the sense that anti-Semitism is on the rise; the shooting at the Chabad in...
We Came to Pray – Letter from Rabbi Emerita – Rabbi Yocheved Mintz
Letter from the Rabbi Emerita: by Rabbi Yocheved Mintz, April Kol Kiruv 2019 We Came to Pray “Ivdu et HaShem b’simcha”/serve G-d with joy is how we are taught to focus our prayers. On Friday morning, March 8th, approximately 250 women came to the Western Wall to...
Shabbat Inspiration – VaYekhel by Reb Jamie Hyams
Shabbat Inspiration - VaYekhel by Reb Jamie Hyams, Rabbinic Student, Congregation P’nai Tikvah, March 1, 2019 Shabbat shalom. I am taking a really interesting class this semester entitled “Modern Jewish Ideas, Beliefs, and Practices.” The class explores Jewish...
Shabbat Inspiration – Mishpatim by Reb Jamie Hyams
Shabbat Inspiration - Mishpatim by Reb Jamie Hyams, Rabbinic Student, Congregation P’nai Tikvah, February 1, 2019 Shabbat shalom, I recently read a great quote - “Pray as if everything depended on God, Act as if everything depended on you.” We are in a covenant, a...
Shabbat Inspiration – B’shelach by Reb Jamie Hyams
Shabbat Inspiration - B'shelach by Reb Jamie Hyams, Rabbinic Student, Congregation P’nai Tikvah, January 17, 2019 Shabbat shalom, As I stand up here tonight it is such a joy to see everyone as we begin a new phase of P’nai Tikvah’s journey. Thank you to everyone who...
Shabbat Inspiration – Chanukah Fun featuring our Jewlicious learners!
Shabbat Inspiration - Chanukah Fun featuring our Jewlicious learners! Click here
Shabbat Inspiration – V’yetzei by Reb Jamie Hyams
Shabbat Inspiration - V’yetzei by Reb Jamie Hyams, Rabbinic Intern, Congregation P’nai Tikvah, November 16, 2018 This week’s Torah portion is V’yetzei… the portion opens Jacob left Beer-sheba and set out for Haran. He came upon a certain place and stopped there for...
Shabbat Inspiration – After Pittsburgh by Reb Jamie Hyams
Shabbat Inspiration - After Pittsburgh by Reb Jamie Hyams, Rabbinic Intern, Congregation P’nai Tikvah, November 1, 2018 It has been a long week and as Rabbi Mintz wrote in our communication to the community, last shabbat was not a shabbat of shalom, a shabbat of...
Haazinu Shabbat Inspiration by Cindy Fox
Haazinu – Moses' Song It is your life. You can do this. You’ve got this. You have to try. D’var Torah, Friday 9/21/2018 - Kolot Kehillah (Voices of Our Community) speaker - Cindy Fox My name is Cindy Fox. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to...