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  • Reʻeh Drash - by Fran Margulies Seeing is believing! SEE!, not the usual Shmah, “Listen! Hear! ”“Shmah Yisrael!” is our more familiar imperative because God in our tradition is often described as only […]
  • Sof Drashes 2024 - Naso Drash by Daniel Koster July 2024 When I was growing up in the shtetl of Anatevka, Florida, the Rabbi used to go everywhere by bike. One day he came […]
  • Sof High Holy Days 5785 (2024-2025) - Sof High Holy Days All services will be held at the Unitarian Church on the Pali. Rosh Hashanah, Wednesday evening October 2 Thursday, October 3, Day One Friday, October 4, […]
  • Community Events - Intermediate Biblical Hebrew Class meets Sundays from 11 to 12:30, on zoom. At 11 we read an annotated selection from the Parsha; at 11:45 we do a lesson from the […]
  • Rosh Chodesh Av Drash - by Megan Moore I would like to preface by honoring two people today. First, let me thank Alice Lachman, who went to great lengths to give me resources for the […]
  • Contribute to the Monthly Sof Newsletter - Do you have news, stories, comments, or suggestions? Contact Sid Goldstein, Communications Chair. We are seeking stories and news from ALL members of the Congregation. Please send any item you’d […]
  • Parshah Hukkat Drash - Drash given by David Haymer on July 13, 2024 Parshah Hukkat The name for this Parshah is often translated as “laws” or “decrees”. According to Richard Friedman’s commentary on the […]
  • Congregation Sof Ma’arav Slate of Officers, Board Members, Committee Chairpersons - Voted In During The Annual Membership Meeting on 6/23/2024 Officers:   President: Sandra Armstrong Vice President: Morris Rabinko Treasurer: Robert Littman Recording Secretary: Kate Lingley Corresponding Secretary: Donald Armstrong Collective […]
  • Fishing Alaska - from Les Rosenthal
  • Sof Drashes 2023 - The Rest is Commentary January 2023 Vayera Drash by Alexander Fellman וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק יְהוָה֙ אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה But Hashem hardened pharaoh’s heart.   There is a concept among Christians called the unforgivable […]
  • Sof Drashes 2022 - Ki Tissa—Drash by Sid Goldstein February 2022 Shabbat Shalom Exodus 4 :10  Moses said to the lord. “I have never been a man of words, either in times past or […]
  • Foul Mixtures and Fools - Sotah Drash by Stan Satz Naso: Numbers 4:21-7:89   Numbers 5:11-31 contains the distasteful sotah ritual instigated by a husband who is convinced, even though there are no witnesses, that […]
  • Torah Leyning Class - May 23, 2023 The sweet, mellifluous sounds of Torah chanted by the children of Israel are no longer bound by time and space; no longer to be heard only on […]
  • Seder Symphony - via Arnie Warshawsky
  • Civil War Seder - From Mark Gottdiener, PhD When I taught my course on “American Jews” I often asked– “Can you imagine Jews fighting and killing each other during a war?” They couldn’t. Civil […]