Monthly Archives: June 2025

Presidential Remarks from the Annual Membership Meeting

June 1, 2025

by Sandra Z. Armstrong

Summing up the last year, Sof Ma’arav has a common theme of respect combined with gratitude and “full on ruach” each and every Shabbat.

1). Respect and honor for weekly Torah readings combined… Continue reading

Guidelines for Giving a Drash at Congregation Sof Maʻarav

by Sally Morgan and Fran Margulies

When?

 

After the Torah service is complete and before Musaf.

 

How Long?

 

Ten minutes or less (Really!)

 

Who Gives It?

 

As a havurah, Sof Maʻarav depends on its own… Continue reading

Sof Picture Album

Sof Does Purim!

Pictures by Alice Flitter

Pictures from the annual Reading of the Megillah and Purim Party, held March 13.

Calendar

Shabbat Times

  • Menachot 13
    On today’s daf, we begin the second chapter of Menachot, and the opening of its first mishnah might sound curiously ... The post Menachot 13 appeared first on My Jewish Learning.
  • Menachot 12
    We know that when a priest offers a meal offering with wrong intentions, it invalidates the offering. But not all ... The post Menachot 12 appeared first on My Jewish Learning.
  • Torah is Pedagogy
    The Torah commands animal sacrifice, and in painstaking detail  — which animals, which altars, which procedures. Yet the prophets seem ... The post Torah is Pedagogy appeared first on My Jewish Learning.