The westernmost member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
The Blessings of Yaʻakov
Toldot Drash By Alexander Fellman
There’s a story I like. A Jew was found on a deserted island. He’d made quite a time of his prison there, building himself a house, a street, and two synagogues. “I go to that… Continue reading
Divine Justice & Free Will
Reʻeh Drash by Howard Streicher
Reʻeh, “see,” is the longest parsha with the most words in the book of words (Devarim) 7442 letters, 1932 Hebrew words.
To begin the parsha, God appears to offer a clear choice placing… Continue reading
Tzedek
Shoftim Drash By Marlene Booth & Avi Soifer
Marlene: The portion of the Torah I read today emphasizes the need to have two witnesses in a criminal case. No conviction can be based on the testimony of a single… Continue reading
Hear and Remember
ʻEkev Drash by Sandra Z. Armstrong
The great joy of Shabbat carries through every day until the time comes when we open up the Torah and the words flow through us. In ʻEkev, Moses stresses the importance of “remembering” to… Continue reading
Annual Membership Dues
Congregation Sof Maʻarav Annual Membership Dues Invoice5783 (2022-2023) |
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c/o Robert Littman, P.O. Box 10850, Honolulu, HI 96816 Checks payable to: Congregation Sof Maʻarav |
High Holy Day tickets are included in membership dues. Children of members who… Continue reading |
Presidential Remarks
Annual Membership Meeting June 13, 2022
By Sandra Armstrong
Upon looking back on the minutes that Margie graciously wrote up from a year ago, our Jewish world has changed significantly. In May 2021, we were just discussing the move to… Continue reading
Memory, Forgetting, and Accuracy
Drash on Va’etchanan
by Alex Golub
There’s an old joke about a guy who is sent to prison. He’s terrified to be there and nervously, he sits down with some of the oldest convicts to try to blend in.… Continue reading
Irony and Role Reversal
Parsha Balak Drash
by Fran Margulies
Our word irony comes from ancient Greek theater device erroneia. A comic character was an eiron, a faker who pretended to be dumb but was really smart. At end of the play the… Continue reading
Grasshoppers and Giants
Parashat Shelach Drash from visiting Rabbi Norman Levin
I want to thank you for inviting me to give the dvar Torah this Shabbat. This is my first time in Hawaiʻi and I am very pleased to be here. Feel… Continue reading
Spiritual Acts of Faith
Parsha Chukat Drash by Donald Armstrong
I have always enjoyed the poetry of Ogden Nash. He wrote:
The cow is of the bovine ilk. One end is moo, the other milk.
A short, clean and humorous poem that is so… Continue reading
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